Edible Architecture
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Credit: based on www.worth1000.com contest
WI State Standards:
- AA Cr11h
Plan: Formulate original concepts by practice, experimentation, and revision. (planning/experimentation) - AA Cr12h
Make: Create works of art that introduce students to media, care of tools, and basic craftsmanship skills.
(skills) - AA Pr10h
Develop meaning: Create s body of work incorporating personal, historical, and contemporary art to communicate one or morepoints of view.
(aesthetics / communication)
Learning objectives
- using selection tools
- transforming selections
- color, value, contrast adjustments
- editing tools
Creative project!
Choose a food item and turn it into a building.
Make it as realistic as possible!
You need to add a minimum of 10 architectural details.
examples
There are no step-by-step instructions for you in this assignment.
Use your creativity and your best selection and editing skills.
Start with good quality images. For example, you can search for photographs on They are free and have an open license.
Make sure you choose appropriate selection tools for nice, sharp selections.
Add drop shadows and highlights where necessary to make the architecturel details "belong" to your food item. Curve the selections if necessary.
Feel free to add characters to your artwork.
The most important – have fun!