Pop Art

Just thought I would post some examples of what we have been working on at the moment. As part of art we studied the work and life of Andy Warhol and in particular his pop art. There is a really good website that has interactive activities for children to work through. It shows Andys progress through the different times of his life.

http://qag.qld.gov.au/kids/activities/online_interactives/warhols_world_online_interactive/interactive

Children used digital cameras to take photos of themselves standing in front of a blank background (in this case the whiteboard) they then imported the photos to iphoto. Next they took the photo and imported it into photoshop and deleted the background. They then changed the threshold to make elements of the photo stand out (in black and white). Then they selected the various parts of the photo, skin, hair, shirt, jumper, etc and altered the colours to create a piece of their own pop art! I was really pleased with the way they turned out and was also surprised how quickly the children became used to using photoshop...its not the most children friendly software out there! 

Here are a couple of examples of our work. Enjoy!