This Yr 3 Pop Art Project can be used for a variety of purposes. it can become a brief history of Pop art to an illustration used when talking about self empowerment.
This image was created to illustrate a Year Three Pop Art Project. The Pointillist Style cartoon has not been created mechanically but has been stylised and flattened so that the students go through the motions of spacing the dots themselves. Very simple colours have been chosen and the entire painting has been flattened and simplified.
The process from quick rough sketch to cropped stylised Pop Art Image has been recorded. (Placed at the bottom of the article.)
Teachers can make use this project in a variety of ways. They can choose to teach students the theory of Pop Art as well as show them about technology. They can also use the opportunity to tell them why these stylisations used to occur in printing methods. They can explain that Digitalisation has meant that processes are simpler, quicker and more accurate than before. Old style printing was beautiful and this project helps us “remember when!”
When teacher talk with the class about Pop Art they might want to talk to the students about
- Printing Press Process
- Screen Printing
- Pop Art
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Andy Warhol
They may prefer to look at the project as an explanation of one of the Seven Elements of Design …pointillist technique
They might look at the technical aspects of the project such as
- How To Project Images Onto Canvas
- 2 point perspective
Or they may keep the whole project as a simple Cartooning Exploration.
If the teacher is in the process of explaining assessment systems to students, parents and other teachers the illustration can be a visual prompt in the process of Outcomes Based Assessment. Feel free to copy it when you illustrate the need for Pit Stops and Bench Marks to Empower Self Motivation in your Assessment System.
