Lesson Background:
Our spelling Word of the Week was 'cupcake'... it was a great opportunity to learn about compound words whilst decorating and describing cupcakes and exploring the sweet art of Wayne Thiebaud.
Lesson Materials (per student):
1 sheet of trimmed A4 black card
soft chalk pastels
a lead pencil and eraser
Lesson Steps:
1. I modelled how to draw a cupcake step-by-step, suggesting and modelling ideas to personalise them such as adding cherries, leaves, cream, sprinkles, smooth or thick frosting and different types of paper cases.
2. After the children drew their cupcake/s with lead pencil, I showed them how to use the soft pastels including how to outline with the point, how to shade with them by turning them side-on so they are flat on the paper, and how to add shadows and light using white highlights and black/darker shades.
3. I backed the artworks and laminated to stop the dust spreading (the old hairspray fixative trick was a bit too stinky for me this time!)
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