2nd Grade Andy Warhol Portraits Pop Art Style!

2nd Grade artists are learning about the art and life of the Pop Artist Andy Warhol! We looked at how he loved to repeat images and how he used color.

We also added some practice with calligraphy with our name designs while taking about Graphic Design!

This project was adapted from one we saw on pinterest. 

Learning Goals:

I can describe the art and life of Andy Warhol

I can articulate what Pop Art is

I can demonstrate calligraphy with my name design

I can blend colors with crayon

I can identify warm and cool colors

I can describe how color and mood relate 

Reporting.... What I learned about Self-Portrait Collage

One thing that I learned about during this project is that self-portraits can be a way to express myself - Logan D. 5th grade

One thing that I learned about during this project is how to express myself in my art projects - Emily 5th grade

One thing that I learned about during this project is how to blend colors while painting a canvas. - Rachel 5th grade

One thing that I learned about during this project is how to choose the best colors that blend well together (analogous colors)  - Tyler M. 5th grade

One thing that I learned about during this project was how to draw a good self-portrait - Aiden 5th grade

One thing that I enjoyed about this project was expressing myself - Anthony 5th Grade

One thing that I enjoyed during this project was being able to pick out things that express and describe yourself - Sean 5th grade

5th Grade Self Portrait Collage

5th Grade artists are studying the genre of self-portraits. Using analogous colors, they painted their backgrounds (canvas board). Then after carefully studying their facial proportions, they drew their own self-portraits. Finally, they considered what types of things makes them unique and used a variety of materials in a collage to create their own fantastic artworks!

Day 3 or 4 Instructions: 

3rd Grade Frida Kahlo Self Portraits

3rd Grade artists have been learning about the art and culture of Mexico. They learned about one of Mexico's most famous artists - Frida Kahlo! They noticed how she created a lot of self portraits with animals and nature items! We drew our own self-portraits with correct facial proportions. Then, we talked about the art element of Value and created a variety of values in our backgrounds with the green paint in the leaves. Finally, we added nature items like animals, bugs, flowers etc.

4th Grade Mary Cassatt Self-Portraits

4th Grade artists studied the art and life of Mary Cassatt. They noticed how she loved to paint people, especially children! We drew our own portraits onto leftover laminating film and glued them to these warm or cool painted abstract designs.

4th grade Self-Portraits Mary Cassatt

4th graders have been busy studying the life and art of the Impressionist artist Mary Cassatt. They noticed how she loved to paint people doing regular things. These people often included children! We worked on drawing ourselves (as children) in a self-portrait on scrap lamination film with a watercolor background.

Kindergarten King and Queen Self-Portraits

Kindergarten artists are practicing their skills at self-portraits! We read books about kings, queens and princesses and imagined ourselves as royalty. Kids who displayed very very "royal" behavior even got to be "kings/queens of the art room" for the art period with a royal crown! 

4th grade Mary Cassatt Self Portraits

4th grade artists have been busy studying the life and art of the Impressionist named Mary Cassatt. The learned about how she loved to paint children doing everyday things in a style that was new for her time. We created self-portraits on a piece of scrap lamination and laid it over a painted background.

2nd Grade Cowboys and Cowgirls!

2nd grade artists are learning about how to create portraits! We read a book about cowboys and cowgirls and drew a self-portrait while imagining that we were a cowboy or cowgirl!

Kindergarten self-portraits

Kindergarten artists have worked hard to learn about self-portraits and have drawn their own portrait after reading the book, "ABC, I like me!" They thought about all the things they like about themselves that begin with each letter of the alphabet. Then they drew each letter and decorated it like a graphic artist would for the frame of their portrait!