Oh Pop Art – the source of endless interesting discussions/potential projects/pinterest pages. Alas, I could only fit in one self portrait project inspired by Lichtenstein.

Pop Art Self Portraits

Fourth and fifth grades spent about four classes drawing their portrait on pre-dotted paper, adding color using colored pencils and paint and outlining in sharpie.

Pop Art Self Portraits from four students

As an intro (what I call my “do-now”) to the lesson, students examined pictures I cut out of magazines using magnifying glasses to help them understand the concept of ben-day dots.