"The Marilyns"

Students in the Advanced Drawing and Painting and the AP Art Studio created a series of Marilyn Monroe portraits in the style of Pop artist Andy Warhol. The assignment was structured to challenge the student in developing a color palette, color mixing, and color design with the Warhol's silkscreen as a reference. part of the challenge was retaining the silkscreen "look" with paint and brush.Students also added, as an element of emphasis, pushpins contrasting the slick painted surface with a textural element. It is evident that there were many solutions to the problem.