Students studied the Pop Art movement, and especially artwork by Andy Warhol. Pop Art is inspired by objects that the artist sees in everyday life, or objects that the artist likes. Andy Warhol's pop art is easily recognizable because of its bold lines, repetition in objects or patterns, and bright colors.
For this project students also learned about printmaking and created their own printing plate. They were given a piece of linoleum and used sharp tools to cut designs into them. Ink was placed on these rubbery plates, and the image was transferred onto paper. The fun thing about printmaking is that the plate (image) can be transferred many, many times. This allowed students to be able to learn from their mistakes and be ok with making them, as well as an opportunity to make many successful prints.
