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Andy Warhol and the Pop Art Movement
by Jodie Wells-Slowgrove
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Art |
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5 or 6 |
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Students will participate in research and discussion about the artist Andy Warhol and the Pop Art Movement. Students will then create two Pop Art artworks of their own, based upon two of Warhol's most famous paintings. Students will incorporate the use of technology into their artwork. |
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4 - 45 minute lessons |
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Pictures of Andy Warhol's artwork, particularly the Campbell's Soup |
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Can and Marilyn artworks |
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A selection of books and encyclopedias that feature the artwork of |
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Andy Warhol |
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Pen and paper |
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Digital Camera |
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Access to computers, the Internet, a photo editing program such as |
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Adobe Photoshop and a color printer |
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Art paper and paints |
Instructions:
Lesson 1
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The most difficult part of any lesson is getting your students interested in the subject matter. Introduce the name "Andy Warhol" and have students brainstorm places they could find information about this person.
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Give the students 15 minutes to find out everything they can about Andy Warhol using books, encyclopedias, and the Internet. Ask the students to take notes as they research. Have each student share with the class one fact that they have learned.
- Display a selection of pictures of Andy Warhol's artworks. Discuss the artwork's subject matter. Ask the students why they think Warhol chose to base so many of his artworks on famous identities and well-known yet everyday products like the famous Campbell's Soup Can. Discuss the use of repetition and color in Warhol's work. Explain that Warhol was part of an art movement called "Pop Art." Ask the students where the term might have come from and how it would relate to Warhol's work.
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Have students bring to school a well-known product from their kitchen cupboard. Using paint and art paper, ask the students to create an artwork in the style of Warhol's Campbell Soup Can depicting their product.
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Display a picture of Andy Warhol's Marilyn. Explain that the students will be creating a similar artwork of themselves.
- In pairs, with a digital camera, ask the students to take several photos of each other. The photos should be close up, head and shoulder shots, preferably in front of a white background.
- There is an excellent website where students can manipulate the colors of a Marilyn print. Have the students use this website to trial color combinations they would like to use in their own artwork. It is located at: www.webexhibits.org/colorart/marilyns.html.
Lesson 4
- Download the student's photos onto the school computers. Have the students choose their favorite picture of themselves and begin editing. They will first need to crop their picture into a square shape. Then, using a program like Adobe Photoshop, they can use the Magic Wand and Fill functions to highlight and change the colors in their picture. Depending on time constraints, the students can make one, two or four pictures, using different colors for each one.
- Print the altered pictures on white cardboard and crop the edges.
- Alternatively, the cropped photos can be modified to black and white and printed.
Students may then use water paints to add their chosen colors to their artworks.
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Cropped Head Shot
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Color added in Adobe Photoshop
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A series of Marilyn style artworks
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Supplementary Activities:
- Students research another artist from the Pop Art Movement and create a presentation comparing their chosen artist with Andy Warhol. Students could comment on the artist's style, country of origin, influences, and time frame of work. A list of artists from the Pop Art Movement can be found on Wikipedia at: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Art#Notable_pop_artists.
- Students discuss the use of line and color in Andy Warhol's Mickey Mouse. They choose a favorite cartoon character and create an artwork that focuses on that character.
- Create your own Pop Art exhibition by displaying the student's artwork in a prominent part of the school. For authenticity, have the students sign their art and display a small plaque next to each piece with the student's name, the year the work was created, the materials used and what the student was trying to achieve.
Jodie Wells-Slowgrove is a freelance writer and teacher-librarian. She lives in a pretty house by a creek on the outskirts of Sydney with her husband, two children, and numerous pets.
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