Pop Art Portraits

Fifth Grade students looked at artwork by Andy Warhol. Warhol is famous for creating pop-art images. Pop Art is short for popular art which means using everyday pictures or images such as photos of celebrities or mundane things like soup cans, and turning them into fancy museum art. Much of this type of artwork was and is used in advertising. Students altered photos of themselves on a website called www.phixr.com, then traced their photo and finally painted their pop-art portraits. They could only use two colors to paint their portrait in this graphic style. They had to choose complimentary colors (colors across each other on the color wheel) or analogous colors (colors next to each other on the color wheel.)

Los estudiantes de quinto grado observaron algunas obras de arte de Andy Warhol. Warhol es famoso por crear imágenes de arte-pop, que significa usar imágenes de la vida diaria, como fotos de celebridades u objetos mundanos como latas de sopa, y convertirlas en arte para museos. Este tipo de arte se ha usado y se sigue usando en la publicidad. Los estudiantes alteraron fotografías de si mismos usando una pagina web llamada www.phixr.com, ellos trazaron su foto y luego pintaron sus retratos al estilo “arte-pop.” Solo pudieron usar dos colores para pintar sus retratos en este estilo gráfico. Tuvieron que escoger colores complementarios (colores que estén directamente de lados opuestos en la rueda de colores) o colores análogos (colores que estén adyacentes en la rueda de colores).

 

Wire Sculptures

4th grade students looked at the artwork of Steve Lohman. They used wire to create a 3-D sculpture that conveyed movement.

Cut Paper Penguin

First grade students practiced their cutting and gluing skills when creating this cut-paper penguin. They also learned how faces can show emotion. They discovered eyes play an important part of showing emotion. They chose an emotion for their penguin, and created a cut paper collage to show this emotion on their penguin’s face.

 

Clay Birdbaths

4th graders demonstrated their knowledge of creating pinch pots and using the score and slip method of attaching clay to create these clay birdbaths. They glazed them and added a glass bead to their pot which melted in the kiln and now looks like water in the birdbath.

 

 

Reduction Prints

4th grade students created these reduction prints of the animal of their choice. First they carved an animal into a piece of styrofoam and printed the entire printing block. Then they cut out their animal and printed only that part of the printing block (which is how it gets the name reduction print).

One Point Perspective

Fifth Grade students learned to draw realistic landscapes and cityscapes using one-point perspective. Students used a ruler to create a horizon line and vanishing point. They learned that objects appear smaller and less detailed the further they are away.  

Los estudiantes de quinto grado aprendieron como dibujar paisajes del campo y de la ciudad usando la perspectiva desde un punto. Los estudiantes usaron una regla para crear un horizonte y un punto de fuga. Ellos aprendieron que los objetos parecen más pequeños y con menos detalles mientras estén más lejos.

Circle Weavings

Third Grade students learned to weave on a cardboard loom. They discussed the many purposes for making art and that most weavings are made to be used in some way, whether as clothing or a blanket. Students learned that the loom is what we weave on, the warp strings are what we weave through, and the weft strings are what we weave with. Students used pattern and repetition in their weavings, as most weavings utilize these two elements of design.