Andy Warhol • One of the founders of Pop Art (& probably the most well-known of all time) • Subjects = Iconographic American things like soup cans, Coke bottles, celebrities, etc.
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Andy Warhol
• One of the founders of Pop Art (& probably the most well-known of all time)
• Subjects = Iconographic American things like soup cans, Coke bottles, celebrities, etc.
Screenprinting 101
• Screen Printing – Stencil process where the image is put on a screen, the blank areas are covered, and ink is forced thru the screen onto the printing surface.
• Warhol & Rauschenberg both used screen printing to paint on canvases
• Why Screen printing? MASS PRODUCTION!
Campbell’s Soup
Campbell’s Soup
Coca-Cola Bottles
Warhol
Celebrity
Portraits
“In the future everyone will be famous for 15
minutes.
“Beauties in photography are different than
beauties in person.”
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Elizabeth Taylor
John Wayne
Wicked Witch
Mick Jagger
Elvis Presley
Muhammad Ali
…Review…
What were the subjects of Warhol’s art?
Why did he choose these subjects?
What art process is Warhol known for & what is
it?
Pop culture – products, objects, celebrities
A commentary on popular culture – mass marketing,
consumerism, etc.
Screen Printing - printmaking process where a stencil is stuck
to a screen, then the ink is pushed through onto the printing
surface in the designated areas
Project:
Monochromatic
Celebrity Portraits
Project Steps
1. Monochromatic Value Scales (3)
Shade
Darker version of a color – made by adding black
Tint Lighter version of a color – made by adding white
Consisting of only one color or hue – includes tintsand shades of the color.
Monochromatic
STA
RTI
NG
CO
LOR
TINTS
STAR
TING
CO
LOR
ADD
WHITE TO
STARTING COLOR
SHADES
ADD
BLACKTO
STARTING COLOR
Student Examples
Procedure…
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STEP 1Grid photograph into even squares, each somewhere around ½ to 1-inch. Take note of the length and width (ex: 7 x 10 inches).
STEP 2Grid off your paper to scale with the photograph.
7 x 10 (1 x 1 in. squares)
7 x 10 (2 x 2-in. squares)
STEP 3Look for the different values in your photo. Outline them with a pencil.
(CLOSE-UP)
STEP 4Draw image onto paper, including value areas marked in STEP 3.
STEP 5Refer to your value scale. Start by painting the darkest values first, then lighter and lighter up the scale.
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