First Grade
Andy Warhol, Multiples
Andy Warhol (1930-1987) was an American painter associated with the movement known as Pop Art. It was called Pop Art because it used images from popular culture, like soup cans, comic books, or famous people from the movies. Just like Jasper Johns before him (Numbers), Warhol wanted the subjects of his art to be familiar to people, so then he could show them to people in new ways or in new contexts so that we would look at them differently.
One way Warhol liked to do this was to take a familiar image and duplicate it many times. When he would print his images multiple times, he would often use different colors or layers of colors to change things up and make the image more interesting, or to show how the same thing can still be different. He wanted to comment on how society liked to copy each other--in the way we look, in the way we act, in the things we do. His duplicates in art were actually an argument for originality.
See also Warhol Campbell Soup Project for 4th grade.
One way Warhol liked to do this was to take a familiar image and duplicate it many times. When he would print his images multiple times, he would often use different colors or layers of colors to change things up and make the image more interesting, or to show how the same thing can still be different. He wanted to comment on how society liked to copy each other--in the way we look, in the way we act, in the things we do. His duplicates in art were actually an argument for originality.
See also Warhol Campbell Soup Project for 4th grade.
The Project
Prep
–
30 min.
Print –Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe
Materials
9 x 12 piece of paper per student
4 pieces of paper that are 4 ½ x 6 inches each: 34 each of the following colors; hot pink, yellow, orange, turquoise blue or lime green (or use primary colors)
Black tempera paint, 1-2 bottles
Foam paint brushes
Paint palettes
Glue sticks
Andy Warhol coloring sheet (find the master copy in the 1st grade filing cabinet), printed on Duplo in office, one for each student
Lesson
-pass out large and small pieces of construction paper
-have students put name on back of large construction paper
-have students glue small pieces on large piece
-start having parent volunteers call back students to paint their hands and make prints. (one or two tables is great and each table can have 2-3 students come back at a time to paint and print hands)
-remind other students to work on coloring their coloring sheet the way Andy Warhol would, using different colors on each image.
Print –Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe
Materials
9 x 12 piece of paper per student
4 pieces of paper that are 4 ½ x 6 inches each: 34 each of the following colors; hot pink, yellow, orange, turquoise blue or lime green (or use primary colors)
Black tempera paint, 1-2 bottles
Foam paint brushes
Paint palettes
Glue sticks
Andy Warhol coloring sheet (find the master copy in the 1st grade filing cabinet), printed on Duplo in office, one for each student
Lesson
- Show
kids print and ask them what they notice about it. Talk about Pop Art, explain what it is.
- Talk
to students about repetition and explain the definition.
- Model
for students how to write your name on the back of their large piece of
construction paper.
- Model
how to glue on their 4 pieces of small construction paper to cover up their large
piece.
- Model
for students how a parent volunteer will call them back to a table to paint
their hand (or come around to each student) and they will press is down on one piece of the colorful paper, then
repeat by painting again and pressing down, until all 4 pieces have your hand
print on it.
- Show
students the coloring sheet and explain that after they glue their construction
paper pieces on and write name on back, they will work on coloring sheet until
they are called back to make prints of their hand.
- Tell
students that once their prints are made they go directly to sink to wash their
hands!
-pass out large and small pieces of construction paper
-have students put name on back of large construction paper
-have students glue small pieces on large piece
-start having parent volunteers call back students to paint their hands and make prints. (one or two tables is great and each table can have 2-3 students come back at a time to paint and print hands)
-remind other students to work on coloring their coloring sheet the way Andy Warhol would, using different colors on each image.