For this lesson, students were inspired by Andy Warhol to come up with a unique, creative, Campbell Soup name. I encouraged students to think outside the box (see teacher sample)! Next, students watched, discussed, and compared artwork of Warhol's together in groups after watching an inspiring video, introducing students to the artwork and life of Warhol. The classroom discussed the Pop Art Movement (What makes something popular?! What does Pop Art look like?), as well as an unfamiliar art process: printmaking. However, with this project students didn't get the full experience of printmaking. But, they did create "print like" transfers using a graphite pencil process to replicate the same, detailed cursive Campbell's font from a copied print.
Students also discussed how math is frequently used in the artworld. In order for every student to make "print-like" replicas of Andy Warhol's Soup Can prints, students were asked to measure specific dimensions for the background of their compositions. Therefore, there was an equal amount of space around the can, as well as the size of the can stayed the same. Students also discussed what the difference was between 2Dimensional art and 3Dimensional art.
We had a couple of hiccups and changes to this project along the way. Originally I wanted students to paint the text "Campbells" with white paint. However, with the amount of time ticking away and the lack of comfort students had with painting, I felt it was a better step forward to approach the white of the text with white oil pastel. Students outlined their print transfers and filled them in neatly with oil pastel and they came out great!
Check out some of the photos below!
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