Pop Art Self Portraits

We studied Andy Warhol pop art as a follow up to our study of Jasper Johns.  Warhol used these amazing colors in his art work that really vibrated together.  This was a perfect opportunity for students in Middle and High School to focus on creating these beautiful pop art self portraits.  They used clear transparencies and a black and white close up photo of themselves.  After tracing it in sharpie, they did a collage with tissue over it with amazing results.  Check these out!

Thanks so much to Jen Devin, a friend and local art teacher, for the great idea!  FYI, I also tried these in various acrylic paints, neon acrylic, and none of them worked as well as the tissue.  The paint was too streaky and looked to transparent and washed out.  Lots of fun and the students really enjoyed this project!