Second Grade Art Smart Lesson Plan
Texture
Lesson is done in Spring to be displayed for Ice Cream Social
Project Summary: Students will create an ice cream cone using various
types of texture similar to the work of Thiebaud, which will be displayed for
the ice cream social.
Additional info can be found in 2nd grade Art Awareness book – pg. 2-1
Art examples: Wayne Thiebaud, “The Cake Counter”
Materials needed: Flour; salt; Dixie cups; red tissue paper; sandpaper;
pitcher of water; Tempera Paint – white, brown, red, green; multi colored ice
cream sprinkles; 8 x 8 inch cardstock with 9x9 construction paper to mount;
popsicle sticks; glue stick; black marker; brown crayon
Things to do before class:
• Fill Dixie cups with 2 Tablespoons of flour and 1 ½ teaspoons of salt,
one per child. I recommend putting cups on cookie sheets and
carrying to class in a large box or laundry basket.
• Cut 1 inch squares of red tissue paper for cherries.
• Cut triangles of sandpaper for cones, see sample. ( About 4 inch
triangle bottom)
Lesson plan:
Script –
(Introductions)Before we learn about our artist of the day, can anyone tell
me what the work texture means?......In my dictionary, texture means a
structure of interwoven fibers or elements. There are many things in this
room that have texture. Without getting out of your seats, find something in
the classroom that is smooth…..rough……soft. These are all examples of
texture (Show poster of texture).
An artist who loves to use texture is a man named Wayne Thiebaud (Tee-bo).
Not only does he love texture but he loves painting things that we see
everyday, especially food. He is still alive today and lives in California
(check this fact) and is 88 years old.
Thiebaud likes to use paint to create different textures on his paintings. Here
are some examples of Wayne Thiebaud’s paintings………
You can see from the paintings that he loved desserts! I love this picture that
he made in 1962 called “The Cake Counter”. There is lots of visual texture
on this painting to make the cakes look more realistic. He even paints
shadows under the cakes to make them appear as they are each sitting on a
shelf. Thiebaud’s paintings look very three dimensional.
Today we are going to create a 3 dimensional picture of an ice cream cone.
There are many steps so you will need to be good listeners and patient for
everyone to work together.
Like Wayne Thiebaud you are going to use texture to create your ice cream
cone.
1. First, you will receive a paper background. Please put your name in
the right hand corner with a marker very small.
2. We will now make the cone. On your sandpaper cone, please take
your brown crayon and create diagonal lines to look like a real cone.
(demonstrate)
3 – Once you have created your visual texture on the sandpaper, glue it
to the paper, towards the bottom so you have room for the ice cream.
4 – Now for the paint to make the ice cream. Each of you will be given a
mixture of flour, salt and water. Use your popsicle stick to mix the paint. If
you need more water we will give you some. You will also have the option to
flavor your ice cream by adding white (vanilla), brown (chocolate), red
(strawberry, or green (mint). You do not have to color it. Once you get a
Mom OK you are ready to paint your ice cream. (Walk around room,
checking consistency, adding flour and/or water if needed. Students use
popsicle stick to pour mixture onto paper and shape with stick).
5- Then the final touch, you will be given a piece of red tissue paper to
wad up and make a cherry on your cone and we will let you take a few
sprinkles to add to your cone if you would like. (The cherry will stick in the
ice cream without the help of any glue)(Kids can take a pinch of sprinkles to
add to their cone, monitor closely with adults – don’t eat!) We will carefully
let them dry on the table.
Thank you for being such great artists today. You now know how to create
visual texture just like the famous painter, Wayne Thiebaud.
Notes –
• Practice making paint at home, so you know the consistency that is
good to work with.
• While lecture is going on, have assistant put a small amount of water
in cups, about 2 tablespoons. Have more water or flour available in
case it needs to be added individually to each student’s cup.
• Have adult squirt a dollop of paint in Dixie cups, keeps the amount of
paint controlled. This can also change the consistency of the mixture,
so use sparingly. Do not mix colors, turns out ugly.
• For 84 kids, I purchased one bag of flour and 4 salts. One bottle of
paint is plenty for all 4 classes.
• Rather than cutting 100 8x8 inch squares and 100 9x9inch squares, I
went to Kinkos and for $3, they cut them all for me, so easy!
Parent letter:
2nd grade Art Smart - Texture
Today your child participated in an Art Smart lesson on the topic of texture.
We talked about texture and why it is important to artists. We became
familiar with the works of American artist, Wayne Thiebaud. He is known
for his dreamy 1960's paintings of cafeteria type foods, such as cakes, pies,
club sandwiches and ice cream. We discussed what was meant by the term
visual texture.
The children mixed their own paint and used their creativity to create
colorful ice cream mixtures. Texture was incorporated in the ice cream mix,
tissue paper was used for the cherries and sandpaper was used for the ice
cream cone.
The pictures looked good enough to eat! Ask your child about Wayne
Thiebaud and the yummy treats they made today.
Sincerely,