Young Artists, ages 8 to 12, draw in 3d
Sweet Treats
Cupcakes, ice cream and a slice of pizza: shiny highlights, soft shadows and a lot of colour.
- Level
- Easy to intermediate
- Lessons
- 11 in 4 units
- Time
- 3.5 hours of lessons
- Pace
- About three weeks
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The goal
What you’ll be able to draw
Shine, shadow and colour on round and shiny food; ellipses for plates, rims and slices.
How you’ll see the progress
An ice cream at the start and again at the end.
Skills
- Light and shadow
- Colour
- 3D forms
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Cupcake -
Ice Cream Cone -
Sprinkle Donut -
Strawberry -
Pizza Slice
4 units, 11 lessons
The syllabus
Unit 1 is free for everyone, so you can see how it feels first.
- 5 watch and draw
- 3 checkpoint
- 2 then and now
- 1 draw from life
- Free
Unit 1
Stacks and scoops
Stacked shapes lit from one side, and shines left white.
- 01 Then: An Ice Cream Then and now, 10 min Then and now 10 min
- 02 Cupcake Watch and draw, 25 min Watch and draw 25 min
- 03 Ice Cream Cone Watch and draw, 20 min Watch and draw 20 min
- 04 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 2
Ellipses from above
Round things seen from above: donuts, glasses and plates.
- 01 Sprinkle Donut Watch and draw, 30 min Watch and draw 30 min
- 02 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 3
Shine and shadow
Textures that crowd round a form, and a shadow under every topping.
- 01 Strawberry Watch and draw, 25 min Watch and draw 25 min
- 02 Pizza Slice Watch and draw, 25 min Watch and draw 25 min
- 03 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 4
Colour and life
Shadows in darker, cooler colours, and fruit drawn from life.
- 01 Fruit Bowl from Life Draw from life, 30 min Draw from life 30 min
- 02 Now: An Ice Cream Then and now, 10 min Then and now 10 min
When you finish
A certificate for the fridge
Finish every lesson and Lapis makes a certificate to print or download, with the nickname, the course, the date and a drawing from it. Children get one too.
Lapis certificate
Sweet Treats
finished by
your nickname
and the date you finish
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