Thursday, November 28, 2013

Pop Art/Graphic Novels

What is Pop Art?
Pop Art is a form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and uses techniques of commercial art and popular illustration.  It emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States.
One of the most notable pop artists
 was Andy Warhol (1928-1987).  
Another notable pop artist was
 Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997).

Take a mini-tour of the Stedelijk Museum (click on the play symbol)in Amsterdam, Netherlands.  This museum is an international museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art and design.
Click Stedelijk to visit the online museum site.

Click pop art to see some pop art images.
Click comics to see an art idea.

To Make a Word Pop for a Graphic Novel

Choose a word (click word) that pops (click pops) like:
POWER   VAROOM  POP  BANG  SPLAT
WOW  STOP  WHAM  ZAP   POW

Print the word artfully. 
Create a detailed "bubble or frame" around it.  The bubble or frame might be soft like a cloud with curved lines or sharp like an explosion with short straight lines.  
Add other meaningful details if you like.
Choose primary colors to complete your "word".

 "Pop Art" 
From Madame Cann's Class