AY Honors/Bread Dough/Answer Key

1. Make a list of materials and supplies needed for dough artistry.

1. 8 oz. kit Envirotex Lite
2. measuring / mixing cup
3. stir stick.
4. ¼" Ribbon
5. Aluminum Foil
6. Wax Paper
7. Cookie Cutters and Rolling Pin (Optional)
8. 1 Cardboard Box
9. 18 gauge Wire
10. Liquid Tempera Paint or Acrylic Paint

Recommended

1. Brushes
2. Paper Clips

Also you can make your own dough by mixing:

• 1 ½ cups white flour
• 1 ½ cups salt
• 1 tablespoon oil
• about ½ cups water

If dough becomes to sticky just add more flour.

2. Why is it important to have clean hands and use hand lotion while working with bread dough.

The dough will pick up any dirt you may have on your hands. The lotion keeps your hands from sticking to the dough, making it easier to handle.

3. Explain the different techniques of tinting and painting the dough.

Tinting dough is accomplished by mixing color into the dough while it is still wet. This is done by adding dye or food coloring to get the desired color. You can mix the dye into the dough thoroughly, or you can leave streaks of color for effect. You can also partially mix colors into the dough to get it to fade from blue to green to yellow (or some other transition).

Painting is done after the dough has dried. The object can be painted a solid color or with various designs, much as an artist would paint a canvas. Except in this case you are the artist and the dough is the canvas!

4. What type of finish do you use to protect and give a glossy appearance.

After your art has dried and has been painted, you can coat it with a clear gloss finish such as Envirotex Lite. This will give it a clean glossy look and will help protect it. Clear gloss finishes should be available at your local art store.

5. Make at least two different flowers with leaves and arrange into a container of your choice.

The best model for a flower is the real thing. Pick up a few flowers before you being this honor and have your Pathfinders study them. Have them consider the shape of each individual petal, the calyx, the stem, and the leaves and encourage them to reproduce that in dough. If live flowers are not available, try working from photographs.

You may find it easier to use small containers, as this will facilitate small flowers. You may also wish to fill the container with large glass beads or marbles once the flowers have been inserted. The extra weight afforded by the marbles will help prevent the container from tipping over.

7. Make on of the following:

a. Kitchen refrigerator magnet

(You will need strong glue and magnets)

b. Pin

(You will need safety pins, and you will press them into the art.)