Our friends are learning about American artist, Wayne Thiebaud who is 101 years old today. Wayne Thiebaud painted colorful cupcakes, shoes, ties and gumball machines. He painted cityscapes and much more.
We love teaching the children how to draw. Students know that when we draw with a pencil that we are sketching (a Masterpiece Monday vocabulary word). Directions are given by using lines, letters, shapes and positional words. Teachers demonstrate and students follow. Students will learn how to draw a gumball machine and a cupcake. A cupcake is sketched on watercolor paper and outlined with a Sharpie marker. We learned we can create texture (another vocabulary word) by adding lines to the cupcake wrapper.
Happy, Happy Birthday, Mr. Thiebaud!
