Our Boy Roy!

You, the art students, are creating Pop Art Self Portrait drawing focusing on the style of artist, Roy Lichtenstein.

We will start by taking a digital image of yourself and making a graphite transfer.

Once you have chosen the photo you wish to draw, you will need to print a black and white of the image.

Each student will outline their features in pencil. I encouraged you to make the lines thick and dark for a better transfer.

Tape the picture to another sheet of paper face down.

Using a wooden stick, press only the pencil lines to transfer the graphite to the new sheet.

Peel a corner back to check how well the pencil in transferring.

The printer ink could transfer if rubbed on, so I encourage each student to only press on the pencil lines. When finished peel off.

The new drawing will be a mirror outline of the original image ,and the pencil will be very light.

Students should now go  back over the lines with pencil to bring them out again.

The next step is to draw over the pencil lines with black permanent marker for the cartoon/ comic book style of Roy Lichtenstein.

Erase any leftover pencil marks for a clean finish.

Next, using marker, add Ben-day dots in a staggering pattern to recreate the dots that make up printed materials such as magazines and newspapers.

Ben-day: involving a process for adding shaded or tinted areas made up of dots for reproduction by line engraving.

Some items in your drawing can be solid to create an effect more like Roy’s.

To Be Continued ...