2D3D - Pop Art Sculpture (Lesson)

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Pop Art Sculpture

A 1960's group of artists wanted to question what was art and what was considered beautiful. They made artwork about common consumer goods, movie stars, musicians, and items that were considered "popular" but not necessarily considered art. Because the subject matter was popular consumer items they were dubbed the "Pop Artists" and they changed what was and wasn't considered art forever.

 

View the presentation below to learn more about Pop Art.

 

In this lesson, you will create a mini Pop Art food sculpture. You will use the air-dry clay in your art kit to create a three-dimension representation of your two-dimensional gesture drawings of the food still life you create. This project will count as two project grades. One for the construction and one for the painting portion that we will come back to later, which will teach you color theory.

Please review the Pop Art presentation above and take notes in your visual verbal journal. You will also need to watch and listen carefully to the directions in the teacher demonstration video below before starting to work with the clay. 

 

Steps to a successful sculpture 1. The air dry clay dries out easily and must be kept wrapped in plastic wrap at all times when not being used. 2. Create the sculpture using solid forms and look for the geometric shapes that it can be broken down to before starting. For example, an ice cream cone is made of a sphere and a cone. 3. Creating accurate textures is very important to having a successful sculpture. 4. After completing the construction phase of your project you need to put it in a safe place to dry completely for at least two weeks. You will upload an image of the completed construction phase to be graded for this module. 5. You will not complete the surface decoration phase until after learning about color theory in the next module. Keep your project safe for the next two weeks as your next grade depends on it and it will be very fragile while drying. Store it in a box or drawer in your room so it doesn't get hit or broken accidentally.

 

 

Watch this teacher demonstration to see how to work with the clay to create your own Pop Art food sculpture.

 

 

Angles of sushi art images

 

 Please review this lesson by completing the activity below.

 

 

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IMAGES CREATED BY GAVS AND IN PUBLIC DOMAIN; SCULPTURE; POP ART, AND WAYNE THIEBAUD, ART SCULPTURE TEACHER DEMONSTRATION, AND REVIEW PRESENTATIONS ARE IN PUBLIC DOMAIN