Cake art project

Before reading this post, click here for a complete list of art supplies that you can use to create your own fantastic dessert sculptures (and links for ordering them). Our food art unit started two months ago when my students learned the geometry inherent in drawing cake slices, doughnuts and ice cream. Using my You Tube tutorials they were able to create a backdrop of paintings for a classroom bakery art instillation. Initially my middle school students created flat looking paintings with…

#Bigartday17 is tomorrow in Texas. We had a big art time making cakes and pie in 5th grade this past 9 weeks. It was fun, it was messy,...

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step How to Draw a Cake Tutorial and Cake Coloring Page. Stop by and grab yours today.

Wayne Thiebaud, how cool is he!? Cakes and desserts were his thing, and thick, impasto oil paint was his medium. My 6-12 year olds took on his cakes with these colorful, creamy oil pastel versions. The operative goals were oil pastel techniques (blending, layering, thick application of our medium); form and dimension (highlights and shadows, drawing ellipses); and perspective (parallel lines). For a richer finished product, we drew on colored paper, which gives our art an additional back…

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step How to Draw a Cake Tutorial and Cake Coloring Page. Stop by and grab yours today.

Join the Soul Sparklettes as they turn a super sweet crab from Draw, Paint, Sparkle into a Crab Cake Art Project for kids. Inspired by the book Crab Cake.

#Bigartday17 is tomorrow in Texas. We had a big art time making cakes and pie in 5th grade this past 9 weeks. It was fun, it was messy, but I overheard many time, "this is the best project ever!" My inspiration was the lesson that Rita Martin posted on the Art Teacher Facebook page last year. I ordered the claycrete from Amaco that she recommended from School Speciality at the end of last year when I had some money left in my school spending account. I ordered the large box and had some left…

Three Layer Fudge Cake by Pat Doherty, Oil, 6 x 6 x 1.5

Lots of Layers Cake — ART CAMP

SJB Art on Instagram: “4th grade clay cake slices. I love this project. This time I showed them a way to Mmmaybe make a rose on top. I’d never done it that way…”

Cherry on top. Happy birthday. This is a paper cut illustration by @chelsearaganart

Lauralee Chambers🌀 on Instagram: "This class takes the cake! @dawnt413 they really did beautiful work! After studying @waynethiebaud_ pop art, we decided to try his colorful layer cakes. Many students worked hard on adding shadows and texture with their oil pastels. We start on black paper with a large ellipse and pay close attention to keeping our angles parallel. What’s your favorite flavor? These have zero calories!! 5th grade is the ideal age developmentally for understanding…

Wayne Thiebaud inspired cake drawings are a perfect pathway for and Arts Integration lesson by using Math and Visual Arts concepts.

The Tween class made some scrumptious paintings last week! A little bit of perspective, lots of practice with tints, and learning about complimentary colors. It was fun art lesson for kids with a little color theory. Visit the link to view more of the cake paintings by these talented students!

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Velvet Cake, oil by Joan Whitmore

Children are using oil pastels and liquid watercolor to observe and paint an array of still-life cakes made from recycled materials.