POP ART- WARHOL STYLE 4 DECADE-SPANNING PORTRAIT

STUDENTS WILL CHOOSE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN A FIGURE IN POP CULTURE FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE DECADES. ACTORS, ATHLETES, POLITICIANS, MUSICIANS ETC... WE WILL BE WORKING ON A 16 X 20 CANVAS BOARD THAT WILL BE SPLIT INTO 4 EQUAL SPACES. STUDENTS WILL BEGIN BY FINDING PHOTO REFERENCES OF THIS PERSON AND DRAW LIKENESSES IN EACH OF THE FOUR SPACES. THE UPPER LEFT CORNER WILL BE THE EARLIEST OF THE FOUR, THE UPPER RIGHT, THE FOLLOWING DECADE, BOTTOM LEFT AND THEN BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE MOST CURRENT. WE WILL BE USING FLAT COLORS FOR EACH OF THE FOUR IMAGES IN A WARHOL STYLE. EACH IMAGE SHOULD SHOWCASE COMPLETELY SEPERATE COLOR COMBINATIONS.

ADVANCED ART-IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE

ADVANCED ART IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE
Tuesday, April 13, 2010ADVANCED ART- IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE


ADVANCED ART- IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE

ADVANCED ART- IMAGINATIVE LANDSCAPESTUDENTS WILL USE A TEMPLATE BASED ON ALBRECHT DURER'S RHINOCEROS. TRACE THE TEMPLATE ONTO A SHEET OF PAPER AND FIND A MINIMUM OF 7 ELEMENTS (AS MANY MORE AS YOU MAY NEED) TO REPRESNET THE VARIOUS SHAPES THAT MAKE UP THE RHINO. THE ELEMENTS ALL NEED TO BE RELATED IN SOME WAY. THE ARRANGEMENT MAY BE VERY SURREALISTIC AS IN THE WORK OF RENE MAGRITTE AND SALVADOR DALI.EX: USE VARIOUS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES LIKE WATERMELON, APPLE, ORANGE, GRAPES ETC...FINAL PIECE WILL BE IN FULL COLOR USING WATERCOLORS AND COLORED PENCIL ON WATERCOLOR PAPER. BACKGROUND WILL REMAIN WHITE TO ENHANCE THE SHAPE OF THE RHINO.
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