Whew, it has been a while… a lot has been going on in life and at school. We are almost at the end of the year and busy finishing projects! I wanted to try a project like this for a while after seeing many pop art inspired projects on blogs I follow. This ended up being another long, multi step project- but this time with the incentive of candy for finishing. It was a good way to review what students knew about colour and value, and to continue practicing observational drawing skills. Introducing the grid to help enlarge compositions was a new concept for many.
Steps 1&2: Create compelling compositions using 5 candies. Choose the most successful composition and glue it to a cardboard grid.
Step 3: Draw the composition with coloured pencils on a larger paper, using the grid to ensure accurate proportions.
Steps 4&5: Paint the background using two or three analogous colours. Paint observed highlights and shadows with transparent yellow and blue paint.
Step 6: Paint overtop of highlights and shadows with a transparent glaze of local colour.
Step 7: Acrylic overpainting and shading with thicker paint, adding observed details.
Gateway Art 
