monochromatic pop art celebrity portraits

Andy Warhol

• One of the founders of Pop Art (& probably the most well-known of all time)

• Subjects = Iconographic American things like soup cans, Coke bottles, celebrities, etc.

Screenprinting 101

• Screen Printing – Stencil process where the image is put on a screen, the blank areas are covered, and ink is forced thru the screen onto the printing surface.

• Warhol & Rauschenberg both used screen printing to paint on canvases

• Why Screen printing? MASS PRODUCTION!

Campbell’s Soup

Campbell’s Soup

Coca-Cola Bottles

Warhol

Celebrity

Portraits

“In the future everyone will be famous for 15

minutes.

“Beauties in photography are different than

beauties in person.”

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Elizabeth Taylor

John Wayne

Wicked Witch

Mick Jagger

Elvis Presley

Muhammad Ali

…Review…

What were the subjects of Warhol’s art?

Why did he choose these subjects?

What art process is Warhol known for & what is

it?

Pop culture – products, objects, celebrities

A commentary on popular culture – mass marketing,

consumerism, etc.

Screen Printing - printmaking process where a stencil is stuck

to a screen, then the ink is pushed through onto the printing

surface in the designated areas

Project:

Monochromatic

Celebrity Portraits

Project Steps

1. Monochromatic Value Scales (3)

Shade

Darker version of a color – made by adding black

Tint Lighter version of a color – made by adding white

Consisting of only one color or hue – includes tintsand shades of the color.

Monochromatic

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LOR

TINTS

STAR

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ADD

WHITE TO

STARTING COLOR

SHADES

ADD

BLACKTO

STARTING COLOR

Student Examples

Procedure…

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STEP 1Grid photograph into even squares, each somewhere around ½ to 1-inch. Take note of the length and width (ex: 7 x 10 inches).

STEP 2Grid off your paper to scale with the photograph.

7 x 10 (1 x 1 in. squares)

7 x 10 (2 x 2-in. squares)

STEP 3Look for the different values in your photo. Outline them with a pencil.

(CLOSE-UP)

STEP 4Draw image onto paper, including value areas marked in STEP 3.

STEP 5Refer to your value scale. Start by painting the darkest values first, then lighter and lighter up the scale.