Art

This week students from Grade’s 3 and 4 completed their donuts as part of their food construction unit. They learned about artist Peter Anton who makes giant sculptures of food, and Wayne Thiebaud, an American Pop artist renowned for his paintings of sweet treats such as ice creams, cupcakes and donuts. First the students constructed an armature for their donut using magazine paper and tape. It was messy work applying three layers of papier mache to their donut, but the students loved getting their hands dirty!

  Progression of Sami’s (4B) donut from armature to white paper mache layer.

After the papier mache had dried, the donuts were painted a beige colour for the base of the donut and then it was time to add the icing and sprinkles or drizzle. 

   Sami's (4B) donut

Each student chose their own icing and mixed the paint and decided on colourful sprinkles or classic icing drizzle. They were finished off with a gloss varnish and were ready to eat (no, not really, but they look good enough to eat!) 

Whilst waiting for the paper mache to dry, students also made a fun donut collage using paper and paint pens:

Chloe 4P Donut Collage