Unit 1: Pop Art:

A Brief Introduction.

In 1947, two years after World War II finished, an artist called Eduardo Paolozzi. Stuck down onto a piece of card

1) A magazine cover.

2) A postcard of a World War II fighter bomber.

3) A small piece of advertising for Coca-Cola

This was the birth of Pop Art. Pop Art became really popular in the 50’s and 60’s and dominated the British and American art markets.

Artists, called Pop Artists used “Mass-Media’ for their inspiration, such as Comic books, Magazines, Advertising, Newspapers, and consumer Products.

Some big names from the time include;

Andy Warhol, who famously chose objects such as Campbell’s soup cans and magazine images of Marilyn Monroe to make large screen prints from.

Roy Lichtenstein, Lichtenstein painted huge canvases whose imagery and painting technique imitated cheap comics and printing techniques at the time.

Richard Hamilton used newspaper and magazine clippings and used them sometimes like a ‘collage’ or painted directly from them.

Peter Blake used bright colours and popular icons with other collage objects and painted portraits.

You can find further information on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art
or

Roy Lichtenstein

Some great informative videos about the artist and his work below...

Tateshots:

A walk through a recent Retrospective of Roy Lichtenstein's work at Tate Modern. 2013.

Diagram of an Artist: Roy Lichtenstein. In this video you het to see the artist painting

in his studio.

Task 3:

You have to make a visual study page of a Pop Artist from the list.

You can choose from; Peter Blake, Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton, Peter Phillips.

Andy Warhol

Peter Blake

Richard Hamilton

Peter Phillips

Example of a study page:

Homework Task 4

Find a large (A5) portrait image, of a famous celebrity of your choice. Magazine, printed from the internet

Pop artists were often inspired to use pictures of celebrities. Marilyn Monroe was featured heavily in a few Pop Artists’ work.

Homework Task 5

On an A5 sheet of paper, make your own example of an Onomatopoeia word. Choose one from the list below. Use any materials. Go to the blog www.artroomg114.blogspot.co.uk

A plate being dropped on the floor.
Someone stepping in wet mud.
A gun being fired.
An upset stomach.
Someone eating crisps.

Student example below. Level 6

On an A4 sheet, in either Word or Powerpoint collect images that represent parts of your chosen celebrities life. Above, the student has researched and collected a whole range of objects for the Chef Gordan Ramsey.

The Union Jack represent London and living in the UK.
The welding mask relates to his Dad being a welder.
The McEwan's mats relate to his football team he used to play with before becoming a chef.
The knife represents he is a chef.
The Michelin man represent s the awards he has won for his cooking.

Homework Task 6

Your final Pop Art picture will be A4 size.

You have to find and resize the portrait for your final outcome. If you are using an artist that uses collage then you need to collect images of objects and resize these.

You can print these images of in homework club.

Homework Task 7

Unit 2: Print Project

Task 1

Use any material to draw/paint/collage an example of a pattern found in your house on the sheet provided.

Task 2

Collect examples of a range of repeated patterns that you like & create a mood board of these patterns. Use magazines, newspapers, photocopies from books or the internet.