Tag Archives: Pop art

Pop Art Inspired Neon Tiger

Guided drawing on how to draw a Tiger.Β 

Students trace their tiger using a sharpie so they will be able to see their black lines through the paint. 

Students then paint the entire background of their canvas. 

Once the paint dries students then paint their Tiger using black acrylic paint.

While waiting for paint to dry students brainstorm and sketch on black paper headphones, mustache, bows, ties, glasses, etc. to add to their final piece with glue. 

The last step is using a Pollack technique splashing paint specks to the canvas as well as the dripping paint on the top.  

Claes Oldenburg Sculptures πŸ”πŸŸπŸ•πŸŒ­

Grade 5 & 6 learned about American artist Claes Oldenburg and his contributions to the Pop Art movement. They researched American foods and created clay sculptures.

They look good enough to eat πŸ˜‹

Cats 🐱 & Dogs πŸΆ

This is one of my favorite lessons.

Students started with an eye study on how to draw realistic animal eyes. They used oil pastels for coloring. Students then began to paint on newspaper. Once dried students ripped and shredded the newspaper πŸ“° and glued onto their blank canvas.

Students then placed the eyes and nose over the newspaper and painted more in-depth details to create their cats and dogs. Multi step lesson with amazing results ❀️🎨😻🐢🀩

Family Fun Day Cupcake 🧁 Making

I had a blast teaching my students and their families how to create cupcakes using modeling clay. So much Fun! πŸ€—

Claes Oldenburg πŸ”πŸŸπŸ•πŸŒ­Pop Art ~Grade 6~ Collage

Students learned about American Artist Claes Oldenburg. They created Hamburger πŸ” collages inspired by Oldenburg. Students used a variety of materials to create their toppings, they were encouraged to think out the box and recreate their favorite foods as hamburger toppings some included ice cream 🍦, chicken πŸ—, egg 🍳, pizza πŸ•, sushi 🍣, and more.

Students then glued their creations on a paper plate and made a red and white paper weaving tablecloth as the final touch.

🍰 Cake πŸŽ‚ Wayne Thiebaud 🧁 Pop Art

Grade 5

Demonstrated how to draw a slice of cake Students then designed a slice of cake drawing it with appropriate perspective and proportion.

After students’ drawings were done they began assembling and sculpting a 3D version of their cake using cardboard and paper mache techniques.

Students learned how to make and mix ingredients for paper mache sculptures.

Last students painted and decorated their cakes bringing their drawings to life! 🍰 Good enough to eat πŸ˜‹πŸŽ‚

Pop Art Donuts 🍩 Wayne Thiebaud

Students learned about American artist Wayne Thiebaud and his contribution to the Pop Art movement. Students created paper mache donuts inspired by the paintings of Thiebaud. Then students did a observational drawing of their donut. As a pre- assessment Students were not given any direction on their drawing, simply to draw what they see.

Later I demonstrated how to draw a still life using appropriate perspective and proportion and guided the students through their drawing. Students developed skills in blending and shading using oil pastels. Students were amazed by their drawing and how much their artistic skills progressed. Students were then asked to reflect on the project and their progression.

Just having fun decorating our donuts 🍩
Time to make the Donuts 🍩
Yumm πŸ˜‹ 🀀 🍩

Andy Warhol β€œCampbell’s Soup” Pop Art

Grade 4 students learned about Andy Warhol and his contributions to the Pop Art movement. Students learned why Warhol was inspired by Campbell’s soup and used it for his print making technique.

Students learned about form and how to draw using this element. Students began by designing their Campbell’s soup can. Some invented their own flavors and ingredients. They then created a 3 dimensional can using foil and label. Students were encouraged to focus on their design, letter placement and image to grab the attention of the consumer. Lastly students created ingredient labels and placed them on the back of their cans.

This project included both elements of art and principles of design.

Pop Art -Andy Warhol Prints

My Grade 4’s created Andy Warhol inspired prints of themselves using transparency paper and neon acrylic paints. I took their selfies and printed them out. They then made a stencil of their portraits and used contrasting colors to paint the positive and negative space of their images. My Grade 3’s helped by painting the Jackson Pollock inspired background. We then incorporated the PYP Learner profile for our lobby display. ❀️🎨