2nd grade Wayne Thiebaud Ice Cream Cones

Second grade has been learning about Wayne Thiebaud, an American painter who specializes in painting cakes, ice cream, and other bakery goods. We learned about his style of painting and talked about the bright colors he uses. We also explored the use of shadow and value. Wayne Thiebaud uses cool colors for his shadows like blues and purples. Students then worked on creating their own ice cream cones (the flavors were very imaginative!) and drew their own using curved lines to make the ice cream cone appear more three-dimensional.

We started with a pencil drawing and then went over our lines with oil pastel. Students added lots of details for their imaginative flavors. 

Next we used watercolor pencils to create a background. We talked about complementary colors (colors that are across from each other on the color wheel for example blue and orange, green and red, and yellow and purple) and then colored onto our background. Watercolor pencils are fun because after you color on, all you need is water. The students loved seeing their drawings turn into paintings right before their eyes.

Here are the final results below!!