1. Four Ice Cream Cones by Wayne Theibaud Artist Biography
Grade: Kindergarten
Activity: Sponge painting
Key words: Texture
Composition
Repetition
Shape
Meet the Artist: (Pronounced: Tee-bow)
Born in Mesa, AZ , 1920
Worked as an animator for Walt Disney Studios.
Studied art at San Jose State College
Worked in advertising and educational film making.
1960s, he began doing still –life paintings of pies, cakes, sandwiches and ice cream cones.
Considers himself a realist painter.
Background of the painting:
Thiebaud manipulates the oil paint with rapid brush strokes, resulting in a thick impasto.
This technique simulates texture and reflects the artist’s interest in depicting real objects.

2. Questions: Check it out: Is this painting realistic or abstract?
Why do you think he painted Ice Cream Cones?
Choose one of the ice cream cones and tell me how you think it would taste or feel.
Texture is the word we use in art to tell how we think the object would feel.
4. What shapes do you see?
5. What shapes are repeated?
6. What colors does the artist use? Pastels- White has been mixed in to lighten them.
7. If you were the artist what foods would you paint?
Check it out:
On YouTube
Wayne Theibaud –CBS Morning
Great video shows his painting techniques.
Revised July 2014