Pop Art, short for Popular Art, was made famous by artist Andrew Warhol. As a child recuperating from illness, Warhol amused himself by creating art. He was a filmmaker as well as artist. One of his movies was called Trash. He painted many famous people's portraits. His Pop Art paintings of everyday household objects such as Campbells soup cans and Pepsi bottles inspired these drawings. Students gathered their favorite lunch wrappers (now you parents can see what your children really eat at school!) and donated them for our "still lifes". Carefully drawn from observation, these wrapper drawings came to life with the use of blended and realistic color. Value changes from light to dark helped to suggest 3-dimensional form.
