Andy Warhol
April Lesson Plan for First and Second Grade
Pop Art - Repetition
Please use the teacher’s computer to open the lesson plan located on Patterson’s
website. It is located in the Art Awareness area in the First grade and Second grade
tab titled April. Use the teacher’s Smart board or overhead projector to display the
art examples on the chalkboard.
Biographical Information
Andy Warhol was an artist and filmmaker and is considered one of the most important
artists of the Pop Art movement. Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in
1928. As a child he loved to draw pictures, listen to the radio and collect pictures of
famous people.
After studying art in college, Warhol moved to New York City and began illustrating for
magazines and creating advertisements. Does anyone know what it means to be an
Illustrator? He became very popular, especially for his drawings of shoes.
During the 1960s, Warhol created the paintings he is best known for today. Warhol loved
pop culture and so he decided to paint what he loved, which became known as Pop Art.
Pop Art is a form of art that shows objects or scenes from everyday life and uses
techniques of commercial art and popular illustration. Warhol’s art used bright colors
just like you see in comic books or magazine advertisements. Some of Warhol’s most
recognized works of art are of large pictures of Coca-Cola bottles, Campbell’s soup cans,
and dollar bills. He also painted pictures of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and Elvis
Presley.
Because he was creating pictures of popular everyday items, Warhol thought it would be
a good idea to create many pieces of art at the same time. He did this by creating screen
prints rather than painting each picture separately. This allowed him to make many copies
of each painting, while still making each copy an original Warhol painting.
Andy Warhol was criticized for turning art into a business. Many people didn’t like the
idea that he was just making copies of the same picture to sell and make money. Warhol
believed in what he was creating, though. He continued to make screen printed paintings
of celebrities and other everyday objects.
Warhol died in 1987 from complications of gallbladder surgery.
Vocabulary Words
Pop Art - a form of art that shows objects or scenes from everyday life and uses
techniques of commercial art and popular illustration.
Complimentary Colors - a color directly opposite another on a color wheel and
providing the greatest contrast to it.
Repetition - the act or process of repeating or being repeated.
Silk-screen Printing - involves the use of stencils to transfer a design. Paint is applied to
a silk or nylon screen and soaks through areas of the screen not blocked by the stencil. By
using several stencils a number of colors may be used in a single print. Silk-screen
printing was developed as a commercial medium, it is also used by modern artists.
Discussion Questions
Here are a few questions to ask the students while showing examples of Warhol’s works
of art.
What do you notice first about Warhol’s artwork?
What colors are primarily used in the artwork?
Why do you think he uses the colors he does?
Do they compliment each other well?
Does anything stand out about this piece of art?
Do you feel that repeating images makes the artwork more interesting?
Pop Art Ice Cream Project
Materials: Project example, black paper, oil pastels
Demonstrate the lesson by following these step by step instructions, please remember to
have the students put their name on the back of their paper.
1. Give each student a piece of black construction paper. Please note that on one
side of the paper there are pencil lines dividing the paper into 8 equal parts.
2. Demonstrate how to draw an ice cream cone by first drawing a triangle for the
cone then show students how to add the ice cream scoop on top.
3. Using oil pastels have students draw an ice cream cone in each of the 8 sections.
Remind students to use different color combinations for each ice cream cone. Just
ask Andy Warhol did. They should also try to use complimentary colors for each
cone and scoop. Students can add details such as a cherry on top or sprinkles to
their cones.
4. Use a contrasting color to fill in the background of each section.
Once finished, please make sure their desks are clean and send them to the bathroom
to wash their hands.
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