Sugar Cookie Assortments
Learning Targets
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- Create an original Sugar Cookie Assortments using drawing techniques learned in class
- Use line types (contour, continuous, outline), color combinations (earth tones, warm colors, secondary), and texture (actual, implied, visual) inspired by American Author (2017-Present) M.E. Furman
- Use art element: shape (geometric, organic, free form) and design principles (composition, variation, geometric) based on American Illustrations
- Define Cookie Cutter (a device with sharp edges for cutting cookie dough in a particular shape)
Lesson One
Day One, Art Start
1. Nutcracker Portrait Cookie (2023) Lucie Radcliffe Steele
2. Read A World Of Cookies For Santa: Follow Santa's Tasty Trip Around The World by M.E. Furman
3. Discussion Questions "Do you think it is important to do something like following a recipe in order? Why or why not? If you do not follow directions in order, what could happen? What is the first step? How do you get from step one to the last step? What will happen when we put cookies in the oven? Why do you think we put butter in our cookies? How do different ingredients alter different types of cookies? Why does the world need creative problem solvers, innovators, and thinkers? Do you remember what the word pattern means? Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? What taste, flavor, texture, aroma, and appearance do you notice from this cookie? What specific techniques or craftsmanship did you gain from this lesson? How do you promote originality in your own artwork? What do you think about cookie-cutter projects?"
Lesson Activities
1. Choose 12" X 12" Drawing Paper
2. Draw three thumbnail sketches of cookies (icebox, peanut butter, drop, biscotti, bar, shortbread) using observational drawing skills (outline, contour, continuous) for cookie drawings
3. Add details (shadows, reflective light) to negative space (background) of the Sugar Cookie Assortments
Day Two, Art Start
1. Retrieve Sugar Cookie Assortments for Assigned Tables
2. Mouse King Cookie (2023) Lucie Radcliffe Steele
3. Discussion Questions "What is your favorite type of cookie? Do you like cookies with hard, crunchy, soft, or chewy textures? What is the meaning of the term bake? How is baking different from cooking? What characteristics of a cookie make it unhealthy? Is the cookie monster setting a bad example? Why or why not? Why did we do this? Why is this a significant problem? How could you improve the process? What aspect of baking cookies might you be most excited about? What would you have to do to double the number of cookies the recipe makes? Why would a cook for baker need to know how to adjust recipes? How do you think these skills will help in our art project? What is the most interesting fact your learned during this art project?"
Lesson Activities
1. Use drawing techniques (contour, outline, continuous) to add basic shapes (circle, triangle, rectangle) of the cookie drawings
2. Use design principles (composition, repetition, gradation) to fill in the positive space (foreground, cookie) of the cookie drawings
2. Use drawing techniques (contour, outline, continuous) to add details (shadows, reflective light) to the Sugar Cookie Assortments
Day Three, Art Start
1. Retrieve Sugar Cookie Assortments for Assigned Tables
2. Set Up Studio Area (puff paint, glue sticks, scissors, construction paper, tempera paint)
Lesson Activities
1. Use color combinations (earth tones, warm colors, secondary) to fill in the positive space (foreground, cookies) of the cookie drawings
2. Use color combinations (earth tones, warm colors, secondary) to fill in the negative space (background) of the cookie drawings
3. Add design details (shadows, reflective light, light source) to the negative space (background) of the Sugar Cookie Assortments
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