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=Roy Lichtenstein =

Roy Lichtenstein was born into a middle-class family in New York City, New York. He lived from 1923 to 1997. After serving for military duty in Europe from 1943 to 1945, he pursued in art in Ohio State. He was known as an American Pop Artist. He was a 20th century artist that liked to do comic art. He wasn’t always popular until in his thirties. Roy Lichtenstein used comic dots in the back of all his paintings. Comic art might be a hard thing to draw but he still did it with great passion. He used stencils to create magnificent pop art. The style of art in the 20th that was popular was pop art. Roy Lichtenstein based his paintings on comics.

He changed from doing cartoon comics to comics of people. His own kids influenced Roy Lichtenstein because they would always ask his dad to draw pictures of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. His kids would say he can’t draw as good as the comics. That inspired him into the olymp of artists. Because of his kids, Roy Lichtenstein became one of the greatest pop artists ever. Roy Lichtenstein contributed great comic drawings into the world.

He was greatly appreciated for his comic art. Roy Lichtenstein worked from his thirties all the way to his death. He got into comic art because the comics fascinated him. He was also inspired to do comic art because of his love of comics. Roy Lichtenstein became such a great comic artists because of regular comics in general.



Image: http://www.artchive.com/artchive/L/lichtenstein/whaam.jpg.html Artist's Statement Outline By: Frankie Wong: Period 5

Fear, tension, excitement. The mood and emotion of the drawing by Roy Lichtenstein. Researching about Roy Lichtenstein’s biography and drawings, I found a drawing that I really liked… It was “Wham!” I chose this drawing because it caught my sensitive eyes. It attracted me like 2 magnets sticking together. I drew the same drawing Roy Lichtenstein drew, and tried to repeat the details and mood. The materials for the drawing were colored pencils: white, gray, black, yellow, orange, red, and blue.

I got my vision from looking at the pop artists and “Wham!” just caught my eye. I got my ideas from the drawing and I had to say that I was excited to re-draw the drawing. “Wham!” was so very detailed, like a drawing from a computer. The message I was trying to send was the tension of the pilot firing the rockets and exploding the other plane, I enjoyed working on this drawing because it really brings out the mood and excitement on the planes. I would have still used the colored pencils because I could blend in the colors of the fire and the sky.

I picked “Wham!” because it brings out the mood and expression in the drawing that actually drew “Wham!” I like this project because I really worked hard everyday coloring and sketching to complete my drawing. Also, the shadow, details, and the mood bring out this drawing. Finishing the details and coloring of “Wham!” I showed it to Mrs. Briski and took a picture, and I thought to myself, I’m glad I picked Roy Lichtenstein!