Andy Warhol said, “In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.” It is the year Andy Warhol was right! You’re in the papers! You’re on tv. Your name and picture is all over! What are you famous for…. (This is a creative exercise. Please be more creative than I’m a quarterback for the Packers)

Learning Target I can explain the Pop Art movement I can understand the connection between Art and advertising I can create Art in the style of Andy Warhol, Peter Max, and Claus Oldenberg

In the 1960s, advertising exploded. Businesses started hiring graphic designers to create ads trying to get people to buy their products

Many people began to buy televisions, meaning advertisements for the first time could go directly into people’s homes.

Images appeared on tv, billboards, and in magazines.

“Pop” stands for Popular Here are some common images from Popular culture during the 1960s, when Pop Art became popular

What products and people are part of Pop Culture now?

Pop Art Pop Art looks at consumerism, at trademarks and visual symbols of goods and at advertising, comic strips, and celebrities.

Questions Pop Artists asked: If we see an image over and over again, do we stop paying attention to it?

If we see an image over and over again, does it still have meaning?

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If an image is used to sell something, is it still Art?

Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself. Roy Lichtenstein

What affect does advertising have on us? On our culture? Does it change who we are? What we do?

What effect does pop culture have on our behavior? On our culture? Does it change who we are? What we do?

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was an American artist. He was lucky in that he was hugely popular and respected while he was still alive.

Andy is known for saying, “In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.”

He was a painter, printmaker, film maker, Graphic Designer, and party animal.

He was friends with The Velvet Underground, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and many other famous musicians, artists, and actors.

Andy’s philosophy Andy said that if Americans see too much of something, they get desensitized to it.

Andy also thought that there was a beauty to things that were mass produced by machines.

To produce multiples of the same image, Warhol used printmaking techniques. His favorite was silkscreening, the same process used to make t- shirts and product labels.

What am I doing? Find something that you think represents Pop Culture. It could be a cheetos bag, a picture of a celebrity in a magazine, or a cartoon character that you look up on your phone. For this project, YOU NEED A SOURCE… something you can look at. We’ll be making prints (multiples of the same object in different colors.)

Day one You will need to SIMPLIFY an object into 2 areas… one you will cut out and one you will leave. You need enough detail to be interesting but TOO much detail will give you a headache.

Day two: Positive and Negative space If you wanted to turn this image into a stamp, what would you cut out? Why?

Positive and negative space. Start with a clean screen (brownie points if you clean your own.) Paint the area you would like to paint with drawing fluid. When dry, squeegee screen filler over the whole surface. Make several prints on paper using different colors. If you bring a t-shirt, you can test that out as well using fabric ink!

What am I doing? What is something that you see EVERYWHERE… on tv, billboards, magazines, etc? It could be a cartoon character, picture on your shoes or t-shirt, fast food symbol, or product. Find an example. Bring it to class. Draw it. We will be making multiple prints of it, all colored slightly differently. Directions are coming! But for now, draw…

Pop Artists explore these questions… Claes Oldenburg:"I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete.“ Robert Indiana: "Pop art is the American Dream, ptimistic, generous, and naive!"

Peter Max

 Born in Germany in 1937  Max's art work was a part of the psychedelic movement in graphic design. His work was much imitated in commercial illustration in the late 1960s and early 1970s. psychedelic movement

What are we doing?

Pick an image of a famous person. He/she should be instantly recognizable. (Please no gang members or other unsavory types. They can be irritating, but not criminal) Bring in a photo or print one off the interwebs. Make sure it’s a full page size.

Trace your photo. Try to ignore values and think of your image in terms of black and white. Here’s an example:

Option #1: Use crayon to color the white areas. Color heavy and “dark.” Option #2: Go by the kiln and with the vent on, use a brush to apply rubber cement/masking fluid on the white areas. Please use the brush already there. Masking fluid kills paint brushes.

Next day Paint over the whole paper using a variety of water color techniques. When dry, remove masking fluid. If using crayon, you’re set!

Watercolor effects to try out

Learning targets I can create a clear, high contrast portrait. I can employ a variety of watercolor techniques (minimum of 3) to create a bright, colorful, dynamic work of Art. I can describe Pop Art.

Claes Oldenberg Claes Oldenburg is a Swedish sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects.Swedish sculptor public art

Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects.

The most memorable aspects of Oldenburg's works are perhaps, the colossal sculptures that he has made in partnership with his late wife, Coosje van Bruggen.

I am for Kool-art, 7-UP art, Pepsi-art, Sunshine art, 39 cents art, 15 cents art, Vatronol art, Dro-bomb art, Vam art, Menthol art, L & M art, Ex-lax art, Venida art, Heaven Hill art, Pamryl art, San-o-med art, Rx art, 9.99 art, Now art, New art, How art, Fire sale art, Last Chance art, Only art, Diamond art, Tomorrow art, Franks art, Ducks art, Meat-oram a art.

What are we doing? Pick a small, common item to turn into a LARGE scale sculpture. You can work with two partners, HOWEVER: this means that each of you will each be putting strong effort into a project. It doesn’t mean you each can do half the work. I’ll expect a team to make a sculpture that is twice as good.

Things to think about: Complexity. A giant super ball is just a round shape. Not very exciting. Size: If you’ve already seen something that size, it’s not nearly as exciting (example: giant teddy bear.) Materials: How can you use cardboard and papier mache effectively. Can you make something appear round, soft, etc?

To get started… Find an image of someone you see a LOT of… on television, in magazines, etc. It must be someone famous (not you or a family member.) Trace the main parts of the face onto a transparency using a Sharpie. This is a contour drawing… focus on the main parts more than details. Create a watercolor painting. Decide if you want the colors to line up with your portrait or not… your choice. Focus on BRIGHT colors… no empty white space.

Your finished work might look something like this.

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein was a prominent American pop artist. His work defined the basic premise of pop art better than any other through parody. [2] Favoring the old-fashioned comic strip as subject matter, Lichtenstein produced hard-edged, precise compositions that were often humourous. His work was heavily influenced by both popular advertising and the comic book style. He described Pop Art as, "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting".[3]pop artistparody[2]comic stripcomic bookPop Art[3]

What are we doing? Pick a word. It could be onomotopeia or another word you like. What are some words that are part of pop culture today? Make a collage of your word with shapes around it. Make it dynamic. Make it exciting. Use the paper we’ve made with dots.

Andy Warhol Learning Targets I can make multiples of an image on paper to create a unified work of art.

Wayne Thiebaud

I can paint forms realistically. I can create shadows and highlights in a work of art. I can define form, texture, repetition, value, and contrast. Learning Targets

Wayne Thiebaud is an American painter whose most famous works are of cakes and pastries.

He is associated with the Pop art movement because of his interest in objects of mass culture.

Thiebaud uses heavy pigment and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements are almost always included in his work.

Thiebauld’s paintings show repetition, much like you’d see on an assembly line.

What are we doing? I can use a photo editing website to create a source to work from in order to create a painting. Day One: We’re going to look for a photo of food to work with on foodgawker.com and alter it using fotoflexer.com

What are we doing? I can demonstrate how to use carbon paper to trace an image accurately. I know what to include and what to leave out. Day two: Trace your image onto a canvas. You may be ready to start your underpainting.

What are we doing? I can alter a color in order to make a variety of tints and shades using neutrals added to another color. I can create an underpainting. Day two: Create a palette. Experiment with color mixing in the middle. Paint everything one flat color before adding details and highlights on top.

What are we doing? I can create highlights and shadows to create the illusion of depth. I can create texture in a painting. Day Three: Begin to build up layers, using your photo for reference. Where are the shadows? Highlights? Experiment with mixing paint. Can you create raised surfaces?

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