3rd Grade -Wayne Theibaud

3rd graders learned about the artist Wayne Thiebaud. Wayne Thiebaud is famous for pastry paintings of cakes and pies. Students explored his artworks to see the texture and exaggerated colors used in his paintings. Students learned to draw ellipse, and how to make the cake look 3D. We decided to take a slice out which gives us the glimpse at the numbers of layers and flavors of the cake. Students learned about value, tints and shade. They also learned blending techniques with oils pastel which is one of the important art skills. Students were given choices to use complementary colors scheme to make their cake look special!!