Andy Warhol for 2nd Grade

When we returned from the break Second Grade began learning about Pop Art and Andy Warhol....

The kids learned about Warhol by watching a "Getting to Know the World's Greatest Andy Warhol" video.   My students love it, they get the background information need in fun, exciting way.

This was an extended lesson the first week we created cat drawings using "simple shapes and bright, bold colors".  I drew the cat on the active board while the students followed along.  Once our cat's were drawn we drew a horizontal and a vertical line to divide the artwork.  Next we chose colors to use....the only rule is that none of the same colors could touch each other.  

This is our results.....
              

The following week we created prints of shoes.

  How we did it!
  1.  Draw a shoe on newsprint
  2.  Place a piece of wax paper on top, use paint to trace the shoe that you drew.
  3.  Flip over and press onto paper.

We created 6 prints.  At the beginning of the lesson we reviewed Andy Warhol; I introduced what a series of prints are and how to label them with numbers.

All in all this was a 3 day project, that I really enjoyed teaching.