Pattern Flags with Jasper Johns

TWO WEEK PROJECT

Discussion: what is pattern? we talked about it last time we were together. 

Where do we see it?

What makes a pattern: repetition. 

what does it mean to repeat something?

to do it again and again

Look at Jasper Johns painting of the flag

where do we see repetition?

what do you think Jasper Johns is trying to say with this piece?

        How many stars are on each flag? Why?

        How many stripes? Why?

   Is this piece Flat?

       How does it have form?

ARTIST: Jasper Johns

(born May 15, 1930 in Augusta, Georgia, United States)

American contemporary artist who works primarily in painting and printmaking

Jasper Johns grew up in Allendale, South Carolina. 

Recounting this period in his life, he says, "In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in." 

Johns was raised, primarily, by relatives after he was abandoned by his mother. 

He began drawing when he was three and has continued doing art ever since

Best Known for his painting of the Flag

Associated with Pop artists

He seemed to be seeking to create meaning solely through the use of conventional symbols.

PROJECT: 

Preparation: cut card stock in half and then one half in fourths to get all the paper for this project

Step1: hand each student the 3 sheets of paper in the 3 sizes ask them to put their names on each sheet

Step2: on each of you students three sheets of paper they should paint the top left corner blue

Step2: one each of the three sheets of paper, the students should paint red stripes by the blue and down the page?

set them all aside to dry

WEEK 2: 

Step1: add stars to the blue area for all three paintings

Step2: glue a craft stick diagonally across the back of the smallest flag painting

Step3: glue that craft stick to the front of the medium size painting

Step4: on the back of the med size painting, glue on three craft sticks

Step5: Add glue to those three craft sticks and glue them to the front of the largest.

Materials: 

Three sheets of white card stock in whole, half and fourth sizes

Blue and red paint

Water

Paint brushes

Glue 

foil star stickers

Craft sticks