Classroom PowerPoint to teach middle school art students about the works of Wayne Thiebaud, the basics of color theory, and how to build a sculpture.

1. Wayne Thiebaud Project
8th Grade Art

2. Friday, November 18th
B Day
Today we will…
• Learn about Color Theory
• Begin a Drawing

3. What Is Color Theory?

4. What Is Color Theory?
• “Practical guidance to color mixing
and the visual effects of a specific
color combination.” –Wikipedia

5. What Is Color Theory?
• “Practical guidance to color mixing
and the visual effects of a specific
color combination.” –Wikipedia
• Our focus: the visual effects of color
combinations

6. On your Laptop…
• Go to www.nga.gov. Open the search
results in a new tab.
• In the search bar, type “Wayne
Thiebaud Candy Apples”
• In the search bar, type “Wayne
Thiebaud Cakes 1963”
• In the search bar, type “Wayne
Thiebaud Eight Lipsticks”

7. What kinds of colors is the artist using?
Wayne Thiebaud, Candy Apples, 1987, National Gallery

8. What kinds of colors is the artist using?
Wayne Thiebaud, Cakes, 1963, 5’ x 6’, National Gallery

9. Identify the Dominant Colors
• Wayne Thiebaud, Eight
Lipsticks, 1988, 7” x 6”,
National Gallery of Art

10. Identify the Dominant Colors
• Wayne Thiebaud, Eight
Lipsticks, 1988, 7” x 6”,
National Gallery of Art

11. Identify the Dominant Colors
• Wayne Thiebaud, Eight
Lipsticks, 1988, 7” x 6”,
National Gallery of Art

12. Identify the Dominant Colors
• Wayne Thiebaud, Eight
Lipsticks, 1988, 7” x 6”,
National Gallery of Art

13. Identify the Dominant Colors
• Wayne Thiebaud, Eight
Lipsticks, 1988, 7” x 6”,
National Gallery of Art
• Use these colors
in an original
drawing.
..

14. Artist Statement
• In paragraph form, tell me…
–What colors you chose as your
highlight, neutral, and shadow
–Whether these colors work well
together
–Whether you think your work is
successful

15. Today We Will…
• Finish the Wane Thiebaud color
theory drawings
• Write an artist statement
• Create a diagram of a cake,
noting the measurements for
each part

16. What shape
is this
cake?
Wayne
Thiebaud, Yellow
Mickey Mouse
Cake, 1998

17. What do you know about…
• Sculptures?
–What are they?
–What are they made of?
–How are they made?
• Circles?
–How do you measure them?