The world of Pop Art is difficult to explain to elementary students. They understand realism, portraits and landscapes but the crazy ideas of Pop Art often befuddle my young students. Last year we looked at the art of Andy Warhol, and Keith Haring. This year, the focus is on Roy Lichtenstein portraits and Vassily Kandinsky. To kick this off, upper el students created pop art portraits in the cartoon-ish style of Roy Lichtenstein. The basics of creating a good portrait were explored, but then the creativity began when they added their own personal expressions (Wow, Kazoom, Boom).
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This is a fun way to review different kinds of lines for our elementary art students. The lesson starts with the bullying story Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg. It's a wonderful story about Stanley who gets all ready for crazy hair day but then, just as he walks into class, he hears the teacher announce, "...and Crazy Hair Day is next Friday." Even his best friend makes fun of him saying, "is that a hair do or a hair don't!" Mortified, Stanley hides out in the bathroom. This story reinforces how teasing can hurt, and ends with the whole class helping Stanley by making their own hair crazy to help him feel better about his mistake.
The art lesson starts with a review of different types of lines, how to press hard and evenly when coloring with crayon to create a wax barrier for the paint in a typical crayon resist. Finally, students paint crazy colors using tempera cakes. |
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AuthorMy name is Mrs. Krupa and I'm an elementary art teacher at Oxbow Elementary. I'm a professional harpist turned art teacher of 20 years. I'll share art lessons and ideas on these pages, what works and doesn't. Enjoy! Categories
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