POP ART PORTRAITS

Inspired by the artist Andy Warhol

© Amy Migliore 2008

This Power Point Presentation is an introductory piece to our digital portrait unit.

Questions and vocabulary are incorporated to help students review the principles of design and analyze the work of a master artist.

It showcases the famous artist, Andy Warhol, to foster inspiration and give a historical reference to my students’ projects. PBS documentary film and info about Warhol-- http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/andy-warhol/a-documentary-film/44/ Artcyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/pop.html

I specifically focus on Andy Warhol’s grids of famous people because they are all so full of color and contrast yet are visually unified.

Pop Art Portraits—An Overview

A brief look into history…

Introducing...

Samples of Warhol’s work

Marilyn Monroe

…Warhol’s Grids…

Famous people…over and over and over again!

Self-Portrait

“Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

“

Repetition

creates

Unity

Which colors are repeated

in all four pictures of the Queen?

•How is contras

t achieve

d?•How is unity

achieved?

What color

scheme is

used?

•contrast is

achieved by inverting

faces (positive/ne

gative)

•unity is achieved by repeating

faces, repeating

colors

The Majority of the colors

used are COOL colors

•In the 1950’s there was a consumer boom after World War II

• This was a perfect environment for POP ART to gain momentum since the style celebrated consumer products

•POP ART was mostly created on canvases and displayed in

Art galleries in the 1950’s

•Instead of in galleries, where do you see today’s Pop

Art designs?

Warhol-1950’s Wal-Mart-Today

Pop Art Design used in Fashion

Pop Art Style--today

Student work

inspired by

Andy Warhol

Positive Vs.

Negative

GREEN, YELLOW,

ORANGE…

ANALOGOUS

COLORS!

•Warm Colors

•Bold value

contrast

Unity:•Oranges , warm colors•Similar face sizes

Contrast:•Framing of faces•Transparency and value changes

SUCCESS!

Student-made

Avatars

Enrichment project …Bringing POP ART portraits to life through animation!

by students

Animated Avatars of students

POP ART requirements• Use a recognizable color scheme in at

least one grid (monochromatic, complementary, analogous or triadic).

• In the 2nd grid you may choose to repeat any 3-5 colors

COLOR

• Make sure that there is a distinctive difference in dark, med. & light values.

• Use a minimum of 3 filters in each grid to achieve a varied image.

VALUES

• Grids must be ‘matted’ with background rectangles.

• **One grid must have Alien Skin filters used on it to achieve an interesting frame edge

Finish and frame

• 2 grids minimum• **Grids can be 2x2 or 2x3 GRIDS

POP ART animation