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

Les poinsettias

Tacheté de Monet
aquarelle
Carole Villeneuve

The reference for these Monet Pointsettia was a photo taken at the Flower Fields of Carlsbad, California in the Ecke Pointsettia Greenhouse.  This watercolour was painted from that photograph, inspired by Monet, with his ability to portray flowers in shadow and light. Monet Pointsettia have white sprinkled with red bracts that create "interest" and "splash" .  

Georgia O'Keeffe (clique Georgia O'Keeffe)

Georgia O'Keeffe est née en 1887 à Wisconsin aux Etats-Unis.  O'Keefe est connu pour  peinturer de près les très grandes fleurs. 

Voici quelques fleurs que Madame a vu près de San Diego dans les champs des fleurs à Carlsbad.

Ces pointsettias s'appellent "Eckespoint Monet". Ils sont nommé après l'artiste Claude Monet.

Voici les fleurs qui s'appelle les "Ranunculus". Dans les champs de Carlsbad (clique les champs de Carlsbad) il y a les champs plein de ses fleurs de toutes les couleurs.

Here is a simple watercolour and pastel pointsettia that makes a wonderful card, a beginner project that can be completed easily in an afternoon.

 After sketching a pointsettia on watercolour paper taped to a board, Oma traced it with oil pastel then painted it in 6 simple steps.
1. Paint the middle with water.
2. Paint the middle with yellow, green and purple.
3. Salt the middle.
4. Paint a bract (petal) with water.
5. Paint the bract with red leaving some white.
6. Repeat 4 and 5 with all bracts.

 When the pointsettia was dry Oma took off the tape and folded the card.