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Tracing Kitchen Utensils

Visual Arts
A line drawing made with black marker shows two spatula outlines and two spoon outlines overlapping each other in the center of the page.
Drawing by Elizabeth Lokon
A line drawing made with black marker shows two spatula outlines and two spoon outlines overlapping each other in the center of the page. Where the outlines overlap, some of the spaces have been filled in with lines, dots, or solid black.
Drawing by Elizabeth Lokon
A line drawing made with black marker shows spaces created by overlapping the outlines of multiple kitchen utensils filled in and decorated with lines, dots, dashes and solid color to create a unique design.
Drawing by Elizabeth Lokon

How To Do It

  • Supplies: Paper, pens, markers, three kitchen utensils with interesting shapes but not too complex.
  • Trace one utensil at a time, overlapping shapes, until the paper is full with shapes.
  • Use the thicker marker to select certain shapes to fill in with lines, dots, or solid color.
  • Share your finished work with each other.

Questions

  1. Did you enjoy the process? What about the result? Would you like to try again with other utensils? Using colors, perhaps?
  2. What is your favorite dish to cook or bake? What about your favorite meal to eat?
  3. Who do you normally cook with or for? 
  4. How did you learn to cook?
  5. What are some family traditions or customs involving food in your family? 
  6. Tell each other a story related to cooking or baking. 
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