Pop Art Self Portraits

Andy Warhol, Pop Art and your own Pop Art self-portrait

Goals

Understand an important part of art history, POP-ART

Recognize the art of Andy Warhol

Identify reasons for his style of art making

Trace highlights, darks and mediums on your photo in pencil

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Essential question

What

is Pop Art?

 pop

art

noun

1.
art

based on modern popular culture and the mass media, esp. as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values.

Essential question

Why

did Pop Art happen?

 Pop

art was an art movement that represented the way Americans lived in the 1950s and 60s. During this time, America's economy was good and allowed Americans to spend, spend, spend!

Consumer

culture began to emerge. It was about mass production, consumption, reproduction, and conformity. art, as Andy Warhol said, was about creating images that were immediately recognizable - for example, his silkscreen images of Marilyn Monroe,Campbell Soup Cans, and Coca-Cola Bottles.

Pop

Essential question

Who

was Andy Warhol?

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhola was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928. When he was eight years old, Andy was sick in bed for several months, and his artistic mother gave him his first drawing lessons. He also read celebrity magazines and DC comic books. Growing up, he enjoyed movies. His mother bought him a camera, and he took up photography. He developed film in a makeshift darkroom in the basement. He took free art classes at the Carnegie Institute.

In 1949, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He moved to New York City to work as a commercial artist. This was when he dropped the a at the end of his last name. He did work for Columbia Records, Glamour magazine, Harpers Bazaar, NBC, Tiffanys, Vogue and others. He was one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s and won many awards.

Essential question

What

was Andy Warhols contribution to Pop Art?

In 1961 Andy came up with the idea of using massproduced commercial goods in his art. He called it Pop Art. He would use commercial images and reproduce them over and over. Andy often used silkscreen and lithography to create his pictures.
His work tried to remove the difference between fine art and the commercial art used for magazine illustrations, comic books, or ad campaigns.

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How

will we create our pop art selfportraits?

 1)

Trace section of your black and white photo. the lightest sections the darkest sections

Trace Then

Outline

any important

areas

2) Draw a grid of one inch by 1 inch over your photo using a colored pencil. 3) Draw the same grid on 2 blank, 5x7 pieces of provided paper.

4) Transfer your photo to the paper with the grid. Do this twice.

 5)

Choose 2 color theories to paint your drawings.

6)

PAINT!

Expectations
1)

Participation in class discussion/communication

2)

Use of tools and materials (pencils, rulers, paint, etc.)

Craftsmanship/neatness (care about your work)

3)

4)

Understanding and application of art concepts (tracing, transferring with grid, color theory and paint) Behavior, attitude, attendance

5)

Color Theory

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