Chalk Pastel Cakes (6th Grade)

My 6th graders made some yummy cakes this week!  In this project we talked about contour line drawing as well as texture and color.  The students were given a black piece of construction paper and they were to draw the outlines of their cake design. We went through a mini perspective lesson as well for those students who wanted a slice of cake taken out of their cake. Then they used chalk pastels to color in their cakes.  Once the design was colored in with chalk, they took a black oil pastel and gave the drawing a graphic look with the bold black outlines.