This is a comic strip-inspired bunny! Use dots, stripes, and bright colors to create this abstract rabbit in the style of famous artist Roy Lichtenstein.
Lichtenstein Bunny Pop Art
💡Learn more about Pop Art here and grab fantastic free printables to set up a Pop Art theme art lesson!
SUPPLIES:
- Printable Bunny Template (see below)
- Markers
- Ruler
INSTRUCTIONS:
STEP 1: Print the bunny template.
STEP 2: Using markers and a ruler, color each section of the bunny with designs and patterns in the style of Roy Lichtenstein. Think bright colors, stripes, and polka dots!
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923 in New York. As a kid, he loved to draw in his spare time. After high school, Lichtenstein went to college, where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in fine art. In between his studies. Lichtenstein served in the US Army during World War II in noncombat roles.
Lichtenstein was known for his pop art style, which was popular in the 1960s. Lichtenstein, Yayoi Kusama, and Andy Warhol were some of the most influential artists of the Pop Art movement.
Pop Art is all about making art involving popular and mass culture. Often, everyday objects like road signs, hamburgers, comic strips, soup cans, etc., are used in the artwork.
Lichtenstein admired the skill of comic book artists, who could create complicated stories of love and war in cartoon form. He was known for his use of cartoon strips from American comic books, which were very popular in the 1950s.
He began comic book art after drawing a picture for his kids based on Mikey Mouse. Bugs Bunny was also featured in some of his artwork.
Make your own comic strip-inspired…
LICHTENSTEIN DOTS
Lichtenstein was known for using Ben-Day dots, which he enlarged and exaggerated in many of his paintings and sculptures.
Ben-Day dots are small colored dots, usually in cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, spaced out and combined to create shading and complete images. They were used in color comic books in the 1950s and ’60s. Ben-Day dots were invented as a printing technique and are now widely used in art.
Lichtenstein added stripes and dots to his artwork by using a metal screen as a stencil. He loved bright, primary colors. He also made glass and metal sculptures.
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