1. Uploaded on May 10, 2008 "If we don't have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI_QJ5D9Qm8#t=63 WAYNEWAYNE THIEBAUDTHIEBAUD

2. Wayne Thiebaud (whose name is pronounced Tee-Bow, was born in 1920 in Mesa, Arizona and is still living. He began his art career as a cartoonist and designer before becoming an artist in the U.S. Navy. In 1960 he became an associate professor and continued to teach students for nearly 20 years. While he was with the Navy Thiebaud spent time in New York (on leave) and began painting the pastries and other “American” food that he would become known for. He was very interested in creating realistic paintings and he did this by using thick paint in exaggerated colors. When he painted cakes, for example, he applied the paint like a baker would spread frosting. The food in his paintings looks real enough to eat. Thiebaud is sometimes grouped in with the “Pop Artists” because he painting subjects from popular culture (like cakes, gumball machines, and ice cream Sundays) but actually he began his work before the Pop Artists. It is probable that he was an inspiration to the movement. Thiebaud painted other subjects but it is the delicious looking foods that are his best known pieces. You will create your own masterpiece in the style of Thiebaud.

3. Around the Cake 1963 Cakes 1962

4. Detail from Cakes 1963 Cut Cakes 1961

5. Look how thick the paint is applied and how much actual texture there is!

6. Lemon Cake 1964 Google’s 12 th Birthday Logo

7. Four Cupcakes 1971 (More thick texture) (Strong Shadows)

8. Lemon Meringue Pie 1964 Pies,Pies,Pies 1961

9. Caged Pie 1979 Pie Counter 1963

10. Assignment: Create a painting in the style of Wayne Thiebaud using perspective, forms, complementary colors, shadows and texture Draw your cake or cupcake on a plate on sloppy copy paper to get sizing and placement correct. Show strong shadows based on an imagined light source Re-draw lightly on black paper using a white pencil “Paint” your cake using oil pastels on black paper Paint your painting using a complementary color scheme (as discussed in class) Put a horizon line in to show the table edge Decorate your cake to make it look delicious!