Thiebaud Gumball Machines

To continue our Pop Art unit, the 3rd graders are creating Wayne Thiebaud inspired Gumball Machines.

Day One: Drawing and Painting the Machine

We looked at Thiebaud's paintings of gumball machines and sketched one in our books.
I let them use butter lids to trace the circle, and we drew the rest of the machine referencing Thiebaud's.

I have this awesome red latex paint that's high gloss, which looks really good for a gumball machine.

 

More photos coming soon!

Georgia O'Keeffe Close-Ups

I had Georgia O'Keeffe on the brain and had my 3rd graders make these awesome zoomed in flowers. We used the 'glue drawing' technique on black paper. The next class period they 'blended' chalk pastels to create shading and depth.