1. Andy Warhol Color & Shape
Andy Warhol (American, )
Camouflage, 1987
screen prints on Lenox Museum Board, 38 x 38 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection,
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
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2. Shapes are enclosed objects and can be created by line, color and value changes that define their edges.
Shapes can be:
organic (irregular shapes found in nature) also called “natural”
geometric (shapes with strong lines and angles such as circles, triangles, and squares).

3. Shape
Shape is considered to be a two-dimensional element, while three-dimensional elements have volume or mass.
Andy Warhol (American, )
Skulls, 1979
Screen print on Lenox Museum Board 30 x 40 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Founding Collection, Contribution Dia Center for the Arts. © AWF

4. What is positive and negative space?
Andy Warhol (American, )
Space Fruit: Still Lifes (Cantaloupes I), 1979
screen print on Lenox Museum Board
30 x 40 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection, Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF
Why is it important to consider both positive and negative space when creating your composition?

5. Identify and describe the shapes.
Are they organic or geometric?
How are the shapes’ edges defined?
Identify the dominant shapes in each composition.
Andy Warhol (American, )
Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
screen print on Lenox Museum Board, 30 x 40 in. each
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection
Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF

6. Andy Warhol’s Printing Process:
Andy Warhol (American, )
Space Fruit: Still Lifes (Pears), 1979
screen print on Lenox Museum Board
30 x 40 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection
Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF
Andy Warhol’s Printing Process:
Warhol would print the background color and the shapes first, then the photographic image of fruit, finishing with hand drawn layer.

7. Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Grapes, 1979
screen print on Strathmore Bristol Series 500 paper
40 x 30 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF

8. Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Skulls, 1979
Screen print on Lenox Museum Board 30 x 40 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection
Contribution Dia Center for the Arts. © AWF

9. Color Theory
Why is color theory important?

10. Monochromatic Uses shades or tints from the same hue
Andy Warhol (American, )
Sunset, 1972
Screen print on Paper
34 x 34 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF

11. Neutral Colors
Neutral colors or earth tones are not seen on most color wheels. Black, gray, whites are neutral. Browns, beiges and tans are sometimes neutral too. Neutral colors can be made by mixing:
Black and white
Complementary colors
All three primaries together (plus some black or white)

12. Analogous
Any three colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel, such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange. Usually one of the three colors predominates.
Andy Warhol
(American, )
Cologne Cathedral, 1985
Screen prints with diamond dust on Lenox Museum Board
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum
Pittsburgh Founding Collection
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
Andy Warhol
(American, )
Camouflage, 1987
Screen prints on Lenox Museum Board
38 x 38 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum
Pittsburgh Founding Collection
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF

13. Complementary
Two colors that are the direct opposite of each other, such as red and green and blue-purple and yellow-orange. Complementary colors create the most contrast and balance in design.
Andy Warhol (American, ) Flowers, 1970, screen print on paper, 36 x 36 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
Space Fruit: Still Lifes (Pears), 1979 screen print on Lenox Museum Board 30 x 40 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection, Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF

14. Analogous with Complementary emphasis
Andy Warhol
(American, )
Flowers, 1970
Screen print on paper
36 x 36 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh,
Founding Collection
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
Analogous with Complementary emphasis
Andy Warhol
(American, )
Sunset, 1972
Screen print on Paper
34” x 34”
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh,
Founding Collection Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF

15. Value Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Camouflage, 1986 acrylic and silkscreen
ink on linen
40 x 40 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection,
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
© AWF
Value

16. Tint and Shade Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Flowers, 1970
Screen print on paper
36 x 36 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection,
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
Camouflage, 1987
Screen prints on Lenox Museum Board
38 x 38 in.
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection

17. Temperature Color temperate can help enhance the mood of an image.
Andy Warhol (American, ) Vesuvius, 1985 screen print on Arches 88 paper, 31 7/16 x 39 1/4 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF

18. Color Variations Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Camouflage, 1986
acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen
40 x 40 in. each
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection,
Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
© AWF

19. Test your knowledge Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979,
screen print on Lenox Museum Board
30 x 40 in. each
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection
Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF