![]() In this lesson students learned about the Pop Art movement of the 1960's and looked to the work of Roy Lichtenstein and referenced vintage Batman episodes with exclamatory words, like POW, SOCK, ZOINK. We used our sketchbooks to practice illustrating our words. Students were also given the option to created a comic drawn portrait, like Mr. Lichtenstein. To create a manufactured look students learned masking techniques and used bubble wrap to create their project with some low-tech stamping and masking. ![]() Materials Sketchbook Pencil Canvas/illustration board/heavy paper Paint Masking tape Bubble wrap Brushes Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) became a leading figure in the new art movement of the 1960s, called “Pop Art”. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody (an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect). Inspired by the comic strip, Lichtenstein produced precise compositions that documented while they parodied, often in a tongue-in-cheek manner. His work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style. He described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting". Lichtenstein's technique, which often involved the use of stencils, sought to bring the look and feel of commercial printing processes to his work. Through the use of primary colors, thick outlines, and Benday dots, Lichtenstein endeavored to make his works appear machine-made.
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