Food Glorious Food

A Term Long cross curricular Visual Arts Teaching Plan and PD

  • 1

    Course Introduction

    • Intro for Teachers
  • 2

    Course Resources

    • Course Materials List

    • Achievement Objectives and Curriculum Links

    • Support throughout the course
  • 3

    Week 1

    • Explore our first focus artist Wayne Thiebaud - Presentation of images with audio

    • Draw 3D cakes and cakes with a slice taken out.
  • 4

    Week 2

    • Learn and experiment with oil pastel techniques and applications

    • Learn techniques and experiment with creating shadows and light to your drawings.
  • 5

    Week 3

    • Create an oil pastel final artwork of a whole cake or with a slice cut out, on a plate of a unique design
  • 6

    Week 4

    • Experiment with drawing a number of food pieces with a focus on composition and create a final drawing

    • Learn painting and colour making techniques and paint the full composition drawing
  • 7

    Week 5

    • Explore our second focus artist Peter Anton - Presentation of images with audio

    • Learn cardboard and paper construction techniques and build a cake

  • 8

    Week 6

    • Learn and consolidate cardboard construction techniques and design. Design and make a plate or cake stand.
  • 9

    Week 7

    • Learn paper maché techniques and paper maché the cake or cake slice and plate
  • 10

    Week 8

    • Watch the presentation with audio of decorated cake images then experiment with ideas and plan your design for your sculpture.

    • Complete your final creation! Explore possible ways to decorate your cake using different materials.

Testimonials

Enagaging my daughter's creative mindset

Nicky Osmond

Creative Matters has allowed my daughter to really engage with her creative mindset. She can explore her personal creativity within a guided setting, resulting in amazing work but also learning about artistic techniques and mediums, art history, problem-solving and how to complete a longer project whilst maintaining her ultimate vision. She also has a lot of fun. Creative Matters really brings an element to my child’s learning that she does not get anywhere else and we highly value all it has to offer.

I see them looking at all sorts of day to day objects through different artistic lenses

Jo Mellor

Both my girls have attended creative matters classes from year 1 through to year 6 and have absolutely loved their learning, creations and teachers. Now I see them looking at all sorts of day to day objects through different artistic lenses. They are always beaming after class and have done some really incredible work in all shapes and forms over the years. I find their class environment safe, caring, positive and a diverse creative outlet for them which I can not recommend highly enough.