Pop Art

 

Pop Art is an exciting art movement that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, inspired by popular culture, advertising, comic books and everyday objects. One of its most famous artists is Roy Lichtenstein, whose bold, colourful artwork was influenced by the style of comic strips. He is well known for using thick black outlines, bright primary colours and Ben-Day dots to create texture and shading, making his paintings look like enlarged comic book panels. His work often transformed ordinary or dramatic comic scenes into striking pieces of fine art, encouraging people to see popular imagery in a new and creative way.

Inspired by the work of Roy Lichenstein, we will be creating our own pop art!

 

Key Skills that run through the Art Curriculum....

 

• Record and explore ideas from first-hand observation, experience and imagination 

• Explore the differences and similarities within the work of artists, craftspeople and designers in different times and cultures 

• Use a variety of drawing tools; pencils, crayons, pastels, felt tips, charcoal, ball point pens and chalk

• Begin to explore the use of line, shape, pattern and colour in drawing 

• Paint with different brush sizes and types for an intended effect 

• Mix and match paint colours to artefacts and objects 

• Mix secondary colours – shades and tones 

• Manipulate malleable materials in a variety of ways (play dough, salt dough and clay) – rolling, kneading and shaping 

• Explore shape and form, designing and making products 

• Experiment with constructing and joining recycled, natural and man-made materials