ULP - Silkscreen - Source Image Gathering and Image Manipulation - Lesson 1

Creative Thinking & Making

Collecting

Collaborating

Silkscreen Printing

Historical & Cultural Contexts

Critical Thinking

At a Glance:

Suggested Time Frame:

Total time: 2-3 class periods

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Learning Objectives and Cognitive Skills:

• Students identify, describe, and discuss key aspects of Andy Warhol's life and art.
• Students identify and discuss the design elements, color and shape.
• Students apply their knowledge of shape and color theory to create a work of art.
• Students apply stencil and photographic silkscreen processes to create a work of art.

PA State Standards:

Arts & Humanities:

9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition

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Lesson 2: Source Image Gathering and Image Manipulation
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Materials:

Digital cameras
Computers and Adobe Photoshop
Transparency paper for Film Positives. (Select transparency paper suited for your type of printer.)

Vocabulary:

Contrast
Levels
Bitmap

Procedure:

Review previous lesson. Present the Image Gallery for this lesson as a review. Discuss Warhol’s use of cropping, color, and shape.

Students take photographs using digital cameras, either inside or outside the school building. Possible Warhol-related subject matter: still-life arrangements of popularobjects, abstract patterns found in nature, portraits, or architectural elements.

Download the images and open them in Adobe Photoshop. Distribute tutorial handout.

Students complete the tutorials and save their work.