Andy Warhol's Cats.

Andy Warhol loved cats. He had many, many cats all called Sam! Year 1 drew cats and painted them with bright watercolours.

Here are some of Andy's cats:

Here are some of Year 1's cats:

Andy Warhol's Soup Cans

Year 1 have been learning about Andy Warhol and Pop Art as part of their unit of work about the past.
Andy Warhol was the world's first art celebrity. He is famous for his artworks of Campbell's Soup cans.

Andy painted Soup Cans because he ate soup everyday for lunch. He didn't think art had to be important or special. Andy thought art was in everyday life.

I found these Pop Art cans in the supermarket just as Year 1 were starting their Pop Art topic. Aren't they fantastic? I think they will make great pencil tins for the art room, once I've eaten the soup!

Year 1 designed their own Warhol inspired Soup Cans. Students practiced their 3D shapes by drawing cylinders. Year 1 students also experimented with using bright acrylic paints and invented brand new soup flavours! 

Pop Art Portraits

After Year 6 did their Grid Self Portraits, we went back to our original photocopied photo, the one we traced with black marker.

I let the kids go crazy with coloured markers, which they were very excited about after just using only black for the past few weeks! On the Interactive Whiteboard we looked at the American artist Shepard Fairey, the artist responsible for Obama's HOPE poster. The students were encouraged NOT to use realistic colours.

Finally we cut around the photo, and glued it onto a bright piece of coloured cardboard. Easy and lots of fun!

They look fantastic hanging up altogether.