Pop Art Cartoon Faces

Pop Art Cartoon Faces in the drying rack from students in Mrs. Christian's and Mrs. McCleary's homerooms

Each school year, I make an attempt to teach all new projects to my students.  Some of those 'new' projects are modified from previous years while others are brand new ideas that pop into my head from time to time.  This past summer, I had the idea of painting extreme close ups of cartoon characters; loosely based on the Pop Art of Andy Warhol.  I didn't teach the project to my first semester fifth graders, as I was waiting on the small canvases which is upsetting because these are turning out so amazing!!!  My second semester fifth graders on the green, yellow and purple teams are finishing them up this week, and then we'll switch over to learning about art's first 'true abstract' artist, Wassily Kandinsky.