4th grade students have been introduced to the Pop Art movement and one of it's most important artist's and creator's, Andy Warhol. The students were introduced to his life and art during a powerpoint presentation. It was discussed how Warhol's main intention was to create art for the masses by the masses. He did this by creating many art prints of the same image over and over using the art technique of printmaking. This caused the viewer to be unaware of which image was the original, decreasing the value of each artwork at the time. In this lesson, the students will be creating their own Andy Warhol inspired prints using the block printing technique. The students have sketched an image that symbolizes them into their sketchbooks. Once that image has been finalized, they transfer the contour line drawing of their image onto a styrofoam printing plate using a pencil to etch in the lines. In the style of Pop Art, students will be using bright colored printing ink and paper and will print multiple prints of that same image. The students will roll printing ink onto their styrofoam plate using a brayer and then pressing that plate onto a piece of paper. The students will then put together multiple prints to make a final outcome.
Learning Objectives: Line, printmaking techniques and processes, creating an artwork in the style of an artist and art movement.
ART WORDS:
Printmaking: the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints that have an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting.
Pop Art Movement: an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc.
Brayer: a roller used in the process of creating a print in the art medium printmaking.
Click on the link below to view the powerpoint presentation the students received on this artist and art movement.
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Learning Objectives: Line, printmaking techniques and processes, creating an artwork in the style of an artist and art movement.
ART WORDS:
Printmaking: the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints that have an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting.
Pop Art Movement: an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc.
Brayer: a roller used in the process of creating a print in the art medium printmaking.
Click on the link below to view the powerpoint presentation the students received on this artist and art movement.
/uploads/3/9/1/4/39148519/andy_warhol_4th_grade.pptx
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