Wayne Thiebaud kindergarten birthday cake art lesson

 Kindergarten birthday cake drawing art lesson 

Sorry no photos for this lesson. I retired and the last month of school I did not save my class photos on this blog. But here is my video! 

        Here is the video I recorded for  virtual learning during COVID. 

We discussed the art of Wayne Thiebaud especially  his cake paintings. 

In kindergarten students are taught the 3-D shapes in their classrooms so this was perfect to tie in their general education curriculum. 

I did a step by step tutorial of how to draw the cake and then the kiddos could add their own touches. This was completed in May so my kindergartens had grown quite a bit in their skills. Students used crayons and a 12" x 9" piece of drawing paper for the lesson. 

I love how they all turned out so differently! 

Wayne Thiebaud model magic lollipops kindergarten art lesson

Wayne Thiebaud model magic lollipops

I've seen this lesson many times on the internet. I actually used http://artinklings.blogspot.com/2015/12/wayne-thiebaud-inspired-lollipops.html idea for  my kindergarteners. 

I showed the students part of the interview of Wayne Thiebaud from CBS morning on Youtube. I think it actually gets the students excited about the project if you can find photographs and videos of the artists working. 

I then demonstrated how to roll the model magic into a ball and then make it into a coil.

 After the students rolled the ball into a coil they swirled it around to make the lollipop. 

I then pushed a craft stick into their lollipop. From my experience, if I had them push it in, they would become frustrated and ruin their lollipop. This project only took about twenty minutes for the lecture and the art making time. 

On the next art day, students painted their lollipops with watercolors. 

Wayne Thiebaud Value study 1st grade art

Wayne Thiebaud 1st grade art lesson

Yes, another idea I found on Pinterest! I just changed it a bit. You can find the original lesson plan here http://mrstsfirstgradeclass-jill.blogspot.ca/search/label/Colors. I believe she found the idea from We Heart Art.
On day one discussed "values" in art and defined the terms "shade" and "tint". I showed part of the video from YouTube "The Value Song" from Scratch Garden. It's perfect for 1st graders.
We then reviewed complementary colors. Students were then told that they could pick an ice cream flavor color and then it's complementary color which would be used for the background.
Quickly I gave each student a 12" x 18" piece of multi media paper. Students then mixed white paint and their color directly onto their papers (no waste of paper plates or containers to wash!).
Students then took a 12" x 9" white piece of multi media paper and folded it into fourths. Students then had a small paper plate with their color choice for their ice cream and painted the first box. On the second box I squirted a little white paint and had them mix it to make a tint color. The third box is where they made a shade of their color. I squirted a small amount of black paint into their box. On the last box, I squirted more black paint to make a darker shade. Again, no need to wash their brushes since they had their own paint and was only using one color. We worked very quickly to get both pieces painted. This was completed in one 50 minute class period.

On day two, I showed several examples of Wayne Thiebaud's paintings of ice cream cones as well as his famous painting of "Cakes". I provided an ice cream pattern for students to trace on each section of their shades and tints papers. I also provided a triangle pattern for students to make the cone from brown construction paper. Students then drew lines on the cone to make it more realistic.

Students could then make a cherry from small pieces of red construction paper and add sequins for sprinkles. This is a great lesson to teach shades and tints. It may be a bit "crafty" but I think they all turned out differently.