Pop Art Portraits Project Outline - PBworks Art... · ......

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Pop Art Portraits Pop Art was an art movement during the 1950s that took place in America and Great Britain. Pop art is short for Popular Culture that includes categories of culture such as comics, advertising, music, famous figures and any other kind of subject that found its way into the public eye. Most generations of youth are identified by the Popular Culture of the time period. Learning Targets Create a piece of work that identifies a popular person from society Understand the use of the Ben Day Dots. Explain the differences of RGB and CMYK. Higher Order Thinking Questions (Microsoft Word) 1. Who have you selected and how does he/she fit into Popular Culture? 2. What kinds of color schemes were used? 3. Compare and contrast your work to the work of Andy Warhol? What newer popular culture has evolved since the 1960s? Vocabulary Gradient Tool (G,) Magic Wand (W), Ben Day Dots, CMYK, Popular Culture, Color Halftone, Threshold, Selective Coloring, Quick Mask Mode Assessment (Standard Rubric) Project Requirements 9 x 9 inches, 72 ppi, RGB Color Use of Warhol coloring and Lichtenstein style background Project utilizes various color schemes Artwork must contain at least 6 variations Select a person from your popular culture to portray in this style of work Craftsmanship/Technique Composition is organized in a thoughtful and purposeful way Color Halftone Threshold Changes in opacity

Transcript of Pop Art Portraits Project Outline - PBworks Art... · ......

 Pop  Art  Portraits  Pop  Art  was  an  art  movement  during  the  1950s  that  took  place  in  

America  and  Great  Britain.    Pop  art  is  short  for  Popular  Culture  

that  includes  categories  of  culture  such  as  comics,  advertising,  

music,  famous  figures  and  any  other  kind  of  subject  that  found  

its  way  into  the  public  eye.    Most  generations  of  youth  are  

identified  by  the  Popular  Culture  of  the  time  period.  

 

Learning  Targets  

• Create  a  piece  of  work  that  identifies  a  popular  person  from  society  

• Understand  the  use  of  the  Ben  Day  Dots.  

• Explain  the  differences  of  RGB  and  CMYK.  

Higher  Order  Thinking  Questions  (Microsoft  Word)  

1. Who  have  you  selected  and  how  does  he/she  fit  into  Popular  Culture?  

2. What  kinds  of  color  schemes  were  used?  

3. Compare  and  contrast  your  work  to  the  work  of  Andy  Warhol?    What  newer  popular  culture  has  

evolved  since  the  1960s?  

Vocabulary  

Gradient  Tool  (G,)  Magic  Wand  (W),  Ben  Day  Dots,  CMYK,  Popular  Culture,  Color  Halftone,  Threshold,  Selective  

Coloring,  Quick  Mask  Mode  

 Assessment  (Standard  Rubric)  Project  Requirements  

• 9  x  9  inches,  72  ppi,  RGB  Color    • Use  of  Warhol  coloring  and  Lichtenstein  style  background  

• Project  utilizes  various  color  schemes  

• Artwork  must  contain  at  least  6  variations  

• Select  a  person  from  your  popular  culture  to  portray  in  this  style  of  work  

Craftsmanship/Technique  • Composition  is  organized  in  a  thoughtful  and  purposeful  way  • Color  Halftone  • Threshold  • Changes  in  opacity  

• Use  of  intense  color  • Use  of  a  specific  artist’s  style  

Productivity/Self  Direction  • Uses  class  time  efficiently  to  develop  a  piece  of  work  

Critical  Thinking/Problem  Solving  • Completion  of  the  project  reflection  template  

Critical  Response  • Completion  of  the  Higher  Order  Thinking  Questions  

using  the  Google  Form  • Advanced  use  of  art  related  vocabulary  that  references  

aesthetic,  global,  or  cultural  contexts    

Lesson  Procedure  Color  Half  Tone  and  Threshold    

1. Use  the  Quick  Mask  Mode  to  select  your  object.    Paint  around  the  object  using  the  brush  tool  or  use  

the  eraser  for  eliminating  areas  you  over  painted.    

2. Drag  the  selection  to  a  new  canvas  and  Free  Transform  the  size  of  the  object.  

3. Duplicate  the  layer  

 

   

4. Adjust  the  image  to  a  black  and  white:    Image  >  Adjustments  >  Threshold  

   

 

 

 

 

5. Create  a  new  layer  for  a  background  color.  

6. Select  the  Gradient  Tool  

7. Click  on  the  Gradient  in  the  Menu  Bar  to  adjust  the  colors.    The  small  squares  in  the  Gradient  are  color  

stops,  they  can  be  adjusted  by  double  clicking  on  the  color.    Click  OK  when  finished.  

 

   

8. To  use  the  Gradient  Tool  click  and  drag  top  to  bottom  while  holding  your  click,  release  when  you  get  to  

the  end.    

     

9. Create  the  Color  Halftone  (Ben  Day  Dots)  to  the  background.    Choose  Filter  >  Pixellate  >  Color  Halftone  

   

10. Use  the  selection  tool  to  select  areas  then  use  the  Paint  Bucket  to  fill  in  color  (hair,  skin,  clothing,  etc)    Resources  28  Pop  Art  Tutorials  

60  Vintage  Tutorials  

Pop  Art  

Andy  Warhol  

Roy  Lichtenstein  

Jasper  Johns  

David  Hockney  

Keith  Harring  

Robert  Rauschenberg    

Color Stops