Andy Warhol Pop Art Project
Nov 27th, 2011 by lapazfarm
We had some fun learning about Andy Warhol and Pop Art last week and took the opportunity to do a fun project inspired by Warhol’s colorful portraits and prints of famous folks.
I’m not sure from where the inspiration for this project came, most likely several sources since it is a fairly common type of project to do. The idea is fairly simple. Take a picture of yourself, print it multiple times, and manipulate each image in a unique way. Here are the kids’ results:
As you can see, a couple of the images are manipulated by the computer, pre-printing, and the rest are done by hand. I think it made a great combination of styles, especially since each of the kids added their own special twist to their work.
Pretty cool, eh? I’d definitely encourage you to give it a try as it was a lot of fun for the kids to manipulate their own self-portraits. I think it was one of their favorite projects yet.
And stay tuned for yet another Pop Art project inspired by this iconic Warhol image:
That is SOOO cool. I am definitely going to steal this.
These are great, Tess! LOVE them.
If you ever make it to the Twin Cities, I will take you to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. We would have such a good time together!
Deal!
Very fun! What a great idea.
I love how these turned out. I have this same activity in the book Discovering Great Artists and have been looking forward to doing with my kids. It will be easy for me to show them this post so they get an idea of what we’re doing!
Also, I’m always looking for blogs to feature on my site – if you’re interested, the info. is here:
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Absolutely love Warhol. What a great exercise!
The portraits are fantastic, and your kids are just adorable!