Pop art. Andy Warhols Campbell’s soup can.

Challenge.

Take an ordinary everyday product that your family buys and uses and turn it into a work of pop art.

Andy Warhol took an ordinary soup can and turned it into an icon of 20th century art. One of the most famous artistic images ever. Can you do the same thing for a packet of pasta, a bar of soap, a tube of toothpaste?


Choose your product carefully. The choice of the Campbell’s soup can was not an arbitrary one. It is colorful and lends itself easily to being drawn and painted. Examine the colours and shape of your product and its packaging.

Start with preliminary sketches in your workbook then using those, plan for a large painting of your chosen product or brand.

Take special care in drawing the letters and or numbers. Examine the font.

You should have at least 4 preliminary drawings in pencil.

You may wish to do some large drawings in charcoal before starting the painting. You may also use a mixture of charcoal chalk and paint.