3rd grade students have just completed their first art critique in which they spoke about their own Op artworks and the artworks of their classmates. They have been introduced to a new artist, Roy Lichtenstein. Through a powerpoint presentation, the students learned about the life and artwork of the New York artist and the art movement Pop Art. Lichtenstein was best known for his huge renditions of comic book characters and his use of Ben Day Dots. Not only did he create portraits and stories of people but he used the landscapes he found in comic strips that set the scene for the characters. After the presentation, the students were given a 12"x 18" paper and after reviewing what a landscape is the students got to work creating their own landscapes inspired by Roy Lichtenstein. He often used very simple shapes and hard black lines for sun rays and mountains for example. The students began their drawings in pencil and will finish them in a black outline with sharpie. Once those drawings have been finalized, the students will create dots inside some of the shapes they have created using oil pastels and paint over them using the same color watercolor paint. To complete their compositions, the students have created one single word that they will put into a speech bubble to represent the sound that might be heard in their landscapes. Lichtenstein was famous for his speech bubbles and usage of words like BOOM! ZAP! POP! and so on.
Learning objectives: Pop Art, art history, ben day dots, comic strips, word association.
ART WORDS:
Ben-Day dots: printing process, named after illustrator and printer Benjamin HenryDay, Jr., is a technique dating from 1879. Depending on the effect, color and optical illusion needed, small colored dots are closely spaced, widely spaced or overlapping inside of a shape.
Pop Art Movement: art based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values.
Landscape: all the visible features of an area of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
Click the link below to see the powerpoint on Roy Lichtenstein that students received!
/uploads/3/9/1/4/39148519/roy_lichtenstein.pptx
Learning objectives: Pop Art, art history, ben day dots, comic strips, word association.
ART WORDS:
Ben-Day dots: printing process, named after illustrator and printer Benjamin HenryDay, Jr., is a technique dating from 1879. Depending on the effect, color and optical illusion needed, small colored dots are closely spaced, widely spaced or overlapping inside of a shape.
Pop Art Movement: art based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values.
Landscape: all the visible features of an area of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
Click the link below to see the powerpoint on Roy Lichtenstein that students received!
/uploads/3/9/1/4/39148519/roy_lichtenstein.pptx
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