HOW TO POP ART

Hey all,

The following is information intended to supplement what we have learned in class.  Please take the time to view all the videos and read all of the information.

The key characteristics of Pop Art

•Recognizable imagery, drawn from popular media and products.

•Depiction of popular consumer products.

•Usually very bright colors and high contrast.

•Flat imagery influenced by comic books, newspapers, photographs.

•The use of Ben‐day dots.

•Images of celebrities or fictional characters in comic books, advertisements and fan magazines.

•In sculpture, an innovative use of Media.

The following links are to videos that will provide information, ideas, techniques, and ways on how to begin your Pop Art Chucks work of art.

A GUIDE TO POP ART

WHAT IS POP ART?  TATE KIDS

HOW TO DRAW A POP ART PORTRAIT

HOW TO DRAW POP ART LIPS

LADY GAGA POP ART

HOW TO DRAW POP ART PICTURES

Once you have watched all of the videos, describe how you plan to complete you Pop Art Chucks in a comment below.  (minimum 5 sentences).

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COLOR: VISUALLY APPEALING

This week I would like top to think about how color affects the decisions you make.  Many of us are attracted to specific color combinations.  Because of this attraction color is a very helpful in sales and marketing.  Consumers love attractive packaging designed with amazing color combinations.

In this same manner, graphic artists love to work with color because it is appealing to the eye.  Website designers are always looking for the best ways to attract people to their websites.  The link below will take you to a website that has various samples of website designs.  

WEBSITE COLOR SCHEMES

Your task is to:

Choose the one Website Design that appeals to you the most and answer the following questions:

What is the name of the design?

Why have you chosen this design?  Explain.

What first attracted you to this design? Explain.

What color schemes are present in the design?  How do you know?  Explain.

What else caught your eye?  Explain.

Was the rule of thirds used?  Explain.

How does the layout of the design work with the color?  (movement, focal point, contrast, rule of thirds, pattern, shape, etc?)  Explain.


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COLOR SCHEMES

IDENTIFY ALL OF THE COLOR SCHEMES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PAINTING BELOW.

The work above by Piet Mondrian displays what color scheme?  Explain.

What color scheme did Picasso use in the painting above?  Explain.

What color scheme did Monet us in the painting above?  Explain.



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Color: Learning to see

Hello all, as we prepare to move into color in the next unit, I want to give you an opportunity to prepare your minds for the fascinating and complex world of color. 

Observe the image above.  How many types of yellow do you think are present?  Why would an artist choose to make a painting with only one color?  Explain.  How do you think the use of one color affects how the viewer sees or perceives the work of art?  Explain.   And lastly, what perspective is used here?  Explain.

Observe the image above.  This is Picasso's the Old Guitarist, a work of art from his Blue period.  How do you think the use of one color affects how the viewer sees or perceives the work of art?  Explain.  Was using blue a wise choice?  Explain.  What feelings may this painting bring out in viewers?  Explain.  Why do you think Picasso chose to not paint the guitar blue?  Explain.




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Jason Borders

 Jason Borders is an Oregon based artist who carves skulls by hand using a dremel tool (like a power drill with many tip attachments).  Many of the motifs and patterns in his work often repeat lines, shapes, and other elements resulting in a sort of indigenous or tribal aesthetic.  

What does Jason Border's work remind you of?  Explain.

How does he use the elements and principles?  Explain.

How does his work resemble tattooing?  Explain.

By carving on the skulls of something that was once alive could Jason be attempting to convey a message to his audience?  What could that message be?  Or what is his work about?  Explain.  (Use the techniques from Feldman Model to assist you)

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Thomas Woodruff's The Freak Parade

This exhibit is another that I was blessed to see.  The Thomas Woodruff Freak Parade was indeed nothing short of never ending eye candy.  Each panel was at least 6 ft. tall and they were all connected, one right after the other.  Each was so full of visual information that one could sit in front of one panel for an hour and still find new interesting details minutes later.  Below is an explanation of the artist's intention with this series of works.  

About Freak Parade

"The Freak Parade is a dazzling parade of images that celebrates beauty in aberrance (irrationality).  The parade’s hapless yet noble characters march gaily across a black expanse (canvas), each member on a different panel.  The procession begins with “Anatomy Boy,” an elegant lad flayed (stripped of skin) from the shoulders down, and ends with “Sweeper,” a grim reaper dressed in a costume that might be described as “heavy metal Watteau (Watteau, after an artist who revived the use of color and movement in painting).”  All the parade participants are rendered (skillfully drawn) in loving detail and delicately embellished (made beautiful) with tiny rhinestones.  Woodruff began this project in late 2000 as a reaction against the global standardization (normalization) of culture.  Among the references are sideshow banners, Pompeian wall frescoes (painting made on fresh plaster), Baroque religious paintings, theatrical posters, and Victorian penmanship charts.  References to “normal” parades (Mummers, Tournament of Roses, Mardi Gras, Macy’s) are included but turned on their heads.  Each image has a caption, title, or poem included.  Written by the artist, these texts add another level of meaning to the pictures.  They are deliberately subdued (dulled down) and darkened and subvert (overcome) the viewer’s usual response, so conditioned through advertising, to image and text"  (thomaswoodruff.com).  

How does the explanation relate to the drawings?  How are the works of art indeed Freakish?  Some of you may find that his explanation was not specific enough or it just simply did not make sense.  If this is the case then, come up with your own interpretation of what the artist was trying to accomplish with this series.  Key items to mention when writing your response:

Talk about his use of color

Talk about his subject matter

Why Freak Show?

What is unusual about the characters in his paintings?

What does his work remind you of?

How long do you think it took him to finish his series?

What did Woodruff mean by global standardization of culture?  
How do these works resemble Surrealism?

Below is a link to the rest of the works in the series, look at the entire series before writing your response.   

Thomas Woodruff Freak Show!

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Chuck Close Portraits

 
 Chuck Close Portraits
Scale and Proportion
















Close makes these portraits so close-up and large, that the head is the only thing in the print. 

1.  If you could change these portraits to include other things, what would you add? 
2.  What would you take out? 
3.  Why would you make these changes?
4.  Close’s work is larger than life. How would they be different if they were very small? What size do you like better? Why? 
5.  How do you think Close created such large and realistic paintings?  Explain.  

Respond to the questions above.  Then reply to another student's response.   

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