Wednesday, January 28th Donuts, anyone? My middle school students recently created realistic donuts using oil pastels. They did such a great job, I wanted to share! For my fellow art teachers, this lesson teaches the element of value , and how to blend colors to make realistic-looking donuts. That's TWO concepts in ONE! :) I told them we were going to make donuts, and their first response was an excited, "really??" so I had to quickly follow it with " drawing donuts " :) First I showed them part of a video that explains the elements of art very well. I play one clip at a time and then build off of the explanations. Once we have talked about the element of value, I told them that we were going to practice making value scales using the oil pastels. Tip -Make sure each oil pastel container has "donut colors" (tan, light brown, white, shades of yellow) before you start, or you'll have a class full of complaining students who "can't make d...