Thiebaud Cakes

1. Sketch your design. Use the how-to steps below to draw a cake. Remember: your artwork should have 2 large cakes on it and one of the cakes should go off the edge of the paper!

2. Using pencil, re-draw your design on construction paper.

3. Give your 1st cake a light layer of color using either Art Stix or Oil Pastels (see the final “blending” sheet for tips on blending colors; you can also “practice” blending colors on a scratch sheet of paper. I HIGHLY recommend doing this).

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4. Continue to layer color. Begin to add darker and lighter colors to make your cake look 3d. Do not use black to make things “darker.” Black will make your cake look dirty and inedible. Instead, use a dark pink or purple to make a pink area look darker. Use a dark blue or dark green to make a light blue area darker etc. etc. etc.

5. Add a light color on top of your cake (peach, white or yellow all work) to help blend in the colors.

6. Follow steps 3-5 to create the shading for you cake stand (I suggest using a base color of light green or light blue).

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7. Repeat steps #3-#7 for your 2nd cake.

8. Add a warm, light color to the back ground (yellow, pink, peach etc.). Add in darker colors to give it a blended look. Blend in totally with white on top.

9. You are finished. Turn in your work to Ms. J.

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