Josey’s Art School
Presents
Studying Art with the Masters
By
Robin Norgren, M.A.
This Lesson:
Roy Lichtenstein: “Sunrise”
Discussion
· Lichtenstein loved to turn subjects like landscapes to following his comic-inspired Pop look.
· Lichtenstein used the dots and the most basic pictorial elements.
· He became famous for his bright and bold paintings of comic strip cartoons as well as his paintings of everyday objects. He was one of a group of artists making art in the 1960s who were called pop artists because they made art about 'popular' things such as TV, celebrities, fast food, pop music and cartoons.
Source: http://www.roylichtenstein.com/sunrise.jsp and https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-roy-lichtenstein
Materials needed
Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)
8.5x11 or 9x12 white cardstock/precut poster board/140lb watercolor paper – something with a bit more stability to it than copy paper in order to withstand the amount of paint and glue your students will be using. You will need enough for each participant to use as the base for his/her artwork (older children option will need two pieces). On this second page cut off about 3 inches horizontally.
Paintbrushes and water bowls
Blue, yellow and red tempura paint
Ruler (optional – you may choose the draw the lines creating the sunrays for the younger students or allow the students to free draw the lines).
Foam brushes (optional)
Bubble wrap
Q-tips
Baby wipes
Aprons
Length of Time/Duration of project:
30 minutes
Prep work:
- Draw the lines of the sun rays.
This should take no more than about 15 minutes
Instructions
You have a few options for how you want to proceed with developing the main thrust of the project. I work with 3-5 year olds in a Montessori setting. This means that you are met with a gamut of skill levels. Some children will have no problem handling more of the details of this project which means less time needed to prep and more of the experience for the way the artistic process works is offered to the child. I have attempted to give you two ends of the spectrum but please feel free to modify as needed.
1.Take your piece of white paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.
2.Draw a large semi-circle on the page.
3.Draw 5 diagonal lines that attach to the semi-circle – rulers are optional.
4.Draw parallel lines for the diagonal lines and around the face of the sun.
5.Fill the inside of the parallel lines with blue paint.
6.Paint inside the sun using yellow paint.
7.Paint inside 2 of the sun rays with yellow paint. Paint a blue horizon line over the face of the sun.
8. Student choice to finish the creations using:
Q-tips
Bubble wrap
End of a paint brush
Foam brush
Sponges
This will be their interpretation of the Lichtenstein piece.
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