Illustrated Recipes

Yum… Mrs. Schurer

Let’s practice drawing food and the tools needed for cooking...

• Shape - remember what we learned from our contour drawings
• Form - how can you make this a 3 dimensional shape
• Shadows - Shadows give form and depth

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What are the ingredients and steps in your recipe?

• Write them out…. What ingredients do you need to sketch?
• What tools are needed for this recipe?
• How are you going to divide your sheet to show all of the steps and ingredients?
• Do you want your sheet vertically or horizontally?

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Let’s look at some examples:

Notice Tools

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Ingredients

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Instructions

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Specialty Tools

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Finished product

Name

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What do you notice about the way this artist shows things like the ice cupes, apple juice, and cup?

What does your recipe need to include:

• The Name of recipe prominently at the top. - 10 pts.
• Ingredients, the main ones illustrated - 20 pts.
• The finished dish - 10 pts.
• Instructions written clearly - 10 pts.
• You had fun with the layout and design, making the recipe exciting and fun - 15 pts.
• Must be finished in colored pencil or watercolor - 10 pts.
• Your signature in the lower right hand corner - 5 pts.

80 points possible