POP ART PORTRAITS INSPIRED BY THE ART OF

POP ART PORTRAITS INSPIRED BY THE ART OF ROY LICHTENSTEIN Lichtenstein in 1967

BIOGRAPHY: ROY LICHTENSTEIN • POP ANDY WARHOL JASPER JOHNS ARTIST JAMES ROSENQUIST PARODY COMIC STRIP TONGUE-IN-CHEEK POP ART

WHAAM! BY ROY LICHTENSTEIN • POP ART DIPTYCH ROY LICHTENSTEIN COMIC-BOOK ONOMATOPOEIA • UNITED STATES ARMY II WAR AS I OPENED FIRE WORLD WAR

DROWNING GIRL BY ROY LICHTENSTEIN Drowning Girl (also known as Secret Hearts or I Don't Care! I'd Rather Sink) is a 1963 painting in oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas by Roy Lichtenstein. Utilizing the conventions of comic book art, a thought bubble conveys the thoughts of the figure, while Ben-Day dots echo the effect of the mechanized printing process. It is one of the most representative paintings of the pop art movement, and part of the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection since 1971. The painting is considered among Lichtenstein's most significant works, perhaps on a par with his acclaimed 1963 diptych Whaam!. Drowning Girl has been described as a "masterpiece of melodrama", and is one of the artist's earliest images depicting women in tragic situations, a theme to which he often returned in the mid-1960 s. • MELODRAMA HOKUSAI THE GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA JEAN ARP JOAN MIRÓ PAINTERLY DC COMICS

ARTISTIC INFLUENCES FOR LICHTENSTEIN’S DROWNING GIRL Lichtenstein was influenced by many other artists including Hokusai, Arp, and Miro. Can you see any connections between these works, and if so, what are they specifically? Discuss in art table groups.

OH JEFF…I LOVE YOU TOO, BUT… Oh, Jeff. . . I Love You, Too. . . But. . . (sometimes Oh, Jeff) is a 1964 oil and magna (acrylic resin paint) on canvas painting by Roy Lichtenstein. Like many of Lichtenstein's works its title comes from the speech balloon in the painting. This work is among the most famous of his early romance comic derivative works from the period when he was adapting cartoons and advertisements into his style via Ben-Day dots. The work is said to depict the classic romance-comic story line of temporary adversity. This particular example is one of several that is cropped so closely that the hair flows beyond the edges of the canvas. This was painted at the apex of Lichtenstein's use of enlarged dots, cropping and magnification of the original source. The tragic situations of his subjects makes his works a popular draw at museums.

THE BEN DAY PRINTING PROCESS AND THE DOT The “Ben Day” printing process, named after illustrator and printer Benjamin Henry Day, Jr. , (son of 19 th Century publisher Benjamin Henry Day) is a technique dating from 1879. Depending on the effect, color and optical illusion needed, small colored dots are closely spaced, widely spaced or overlapping.

WOMAN WITH FLOWERED HAT During this time in his career, Lichtenstein noted that "the things that I have apparently parodied I actually admire. ” The painting is one of four variations on Picassos that Lichtenstein created during 1962 and 1963. “There are some changes in this from the Picasso, obviously complete changes all over, but the more obvious ones: I've changed the face-color to the pink dots and the hair-color to the yellow, since all my girls have yellow hair, almost all of them do. And I was curious to see what it would look like with a more pseudo-realistic color, sort of correcting Picasso, as though he had made an error in painting the face blue. And one of the purposes of it is to make what looks like an insensitive reproduction of the Picasso, and changing the color of the face and hair to ones that would be more conventional would be part of that insensitivity, and there is a general change in the shape of the whole position of the head. ” PICASSO, 1941 In 2006, the painting sold for $ $95. 2 million LICHTENSTEIN, 1963 In 2013, the painting sold for $56. 1 million

7 TH GRADE POP ART SELF PORTRAITS LEARNING TARGETS: LICHTENSTEIN INSPIRED BY THE ARTWORK OF ROY • STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF STYLE IN THE WORK OF INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS (SPECIFICALLY ROY LICHTENSTEIN) AND KNOWING & UNDERSTANDING ART MOVEMENTS (SPECIFICALLY POP ART). • STUDENTS WILL SHOW EVIDENCE OF CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING KNOWING & AND REFLECTION IN THEIR VISUAL ARTS PROCESS JOURNALS. UNDERSTANDING, DEVELOPING SKILLS, THINKING CREATIVELY, RESPONDING • STUDENTS WILL CREATE THEIR OWN SELF PORTRAITS USING A POP ART STYLE, INCLUDING CONVENTIONS SUCH AS USE OF PRIMARY COLORS, BEN KNOWING & UNDERSTANDING, DEVELOPING SKILLS, DAY DOTS, THOUGHT BUBBLES, ETC. THINKING CREATIVELY • STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE ASPECTS OF THEIR OWN IDENTITIES WHEN CREATING MELODRAMATIC MESSAGES TO AN AUDIENCE VIA VISUAL ART WORKS.

POP ART SELF PORTRAIT PROCESS • Start by taking digital images of yourself and make a graphite transfer. • Once the photo is taken and printed, outline your features in graphite pencil. Make the lines thick and dark for a better transfer. • Tape the picture to another sheet of paper face down. Using a wooden stick, press only the pencil lines to transfer the graphite to the new sheet. • Peel a corner back to check how well the pencil is transferring. Only press on the pencil lines. When finished peel off. • The new drawing will be a mirror image of the first, and the pencil will be very light. Go back over the lines with pencil to bring them out again. • The next step is to draw over the pencil lines with black permanent marker for the cartoon/ comic book style of Roy Lichtenstein. Erase any leftover pencil marks for a clean finish.

POP ART SELF PORTRAIT PROCESS • Next, using marker and a ruler, add ben day dots in a staggering pattern to recreate the dots that make up printed materials such as magazines and newspapers. • Some items in your drawing can be solid to create an effect more like Roy’s. • Ready? Questions? Let’s do it!