Grade 2 Andy Warhol Prints

This week, Second Grade learned about Andy Warhol, the artist that greatly influenced the Pop Art Movement. We learned about his life as a child and his career as an artist. During the late 1940's and early 1950's, Andy printed a series of shoes for a few different magazines including Glamour. We took a look at some of his designs and were inspired to take test out our own prints using Styrofoam paper. First, we drew our shoe onto the Styrofoam and then rolled ink on top using a brayer. Next, we placed the Styrofoam design onto paper, lifted up our designs, let them dry, and added them to a textured background paper. I think the students loved making prints and learning the beginning techniques of printmaking!