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Masterclass Art Lesson

Andy Warhol

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Grid Learning Limited 2012

Subject Art

opic Andy Warhol

Year(s) Years 3-6

Website activity Art Factory www.gridclub.com

Objective Use a variety o IC tools to experiment with a range o images and media

Summary o activity Create an image in the style o Andy Warhol

NC links Cross curricular Citizenship, IC, Literacy, Numeracy

QCA links Art: Unit 3B Investigating pattern use IC to copy, re-size and changecolours and print, making comparisons between each dierent colouredimageUnit 5A Objects and meanings discuss line, colour and tone used in

Warhols workICT: Unit 4B Developing images and repeated patterns (scan, copy andpaste)Unit 5A Graphical modelling use an object-based graphics package tocreate, combine and manipulate objects and explore possibilities

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Masterclass Art Lesson

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NLS links Y3 erm 2 16 write instructions on how to copy, re-size, alter colour andprint rom a soware packageY4 erm 1 25 and Y5 erm 1 25 write clear instructions rom startto nish on how to scan in and manipulate a picture using a scanner andsuitable soware

NNS links Shape and space, making a repeated pattern

Pupil benets Opportunity to learn about and work in the style o the artist Andy Warhol,develop and experiment with a range o dierent mediums includingcomputer soware. Have un and the opportunity to develop and comparetheir ideas in relation to the work o the artist and each other

Pupils preparation Collect pictures or photographs o people the children admire as well as aselection o everyday objects.

ime required 2 x 1 hour sessions

Resources required Paper, elt pens, oil pastelsDierent coloured backing paper or display

echnicalrequirements

Digital camera, scanner, computer and paint package

eacher preparation Collect samples o Warhols work and a selection o cans rom thesupermarket to compare and discuss.

Vocabulary Design, repeat, identical, silk screen, stencil, illustration, sketch, image, scan,canvas, pop art, density, manipulate

Key ideas Use a variety o methods to enable children to reproduce their own work inthe style o Warhol.

Te lesson Introduce children to the work o Andy Warhol. Show them examples andread his biography on the Masterclass website. Encourage children to use adictionary to nd the meanings o any words that are new to them.

Lesson Notes

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Masterclass Art Lesson

Andy Warhol

Grid Learning Limited 2012

1. Introduction Introduce children to the work o Andy Warhol. Show them some examples

o his work, read through his biography ound on the website and go throughthe procedure or recreating work in his style.

2. Te main activity Divide the children into our groups.Group 1: Children use Masterclass on the GridClub website to recreate apattern o images in the style o Warhol, save them and print them out.Group 2: Work with the images they have brought in rom home. raceover in pencil and scan into the computer. Save and manipulate the imageby changing the colour density. Save our separate copies o the same image(dierent colours) and print each one out. Place them onto a coloured sheet

o backing paper and when youre happy with the layout, glue and display.Group 3: Choose a can and make a sketch using a 2B pencil. Youngerchildren may need a photocopiable outline o a can as a basis. Remind themnot to shade inside the can but to try and copy the writing and any otherimage. Check there are no gaps. Scan the drawing and save as a bitmap le.Using any Paint package, choose the ll tool to add colour to the work andsave. Copy the image, change the colour and save again. Repeat until there areour separate images. Print out each image and, as beore, glue onto backingpaper.Group 4: Use a digital camera to take a picture o a riend or object. Copy

onto computer and save. Copy the image again and manipulate it using thevarious eects controls in the paint package. Encourage experimentation.Ask children to write down each step they take so they can repeat the wholeprocess at any time in the uture.NB I children are waiting to use the scanner or soware, encourage them tomake drawings rom Warhol images. Colour using elt pen or oil pastels.

3. Plenary andollow-up

Discuss the dierent methods used which worked well, which proveddifcult and suggest ways o overcoming difculties or improving work.

Assessmentopportunity

Comment on the dierences and similarities between their own work andthat o the artist.

Homeworkopportunity

Use the internet or visit the library to nd out acts about pop art and otherartists who contributed to this movement.

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