Drawings made into Pop Art on iPad

One of the ways I integrate iPads into the art room is by extending learning experiences digitally. Students worked on an observational drawing from a booklet of choices to create a black and white sketch of a person on paper. They listened to a very entertaining biography of the life and work of Andy Warhol (an artist famous for his POP ART) as they sketched. The next class period we used his inspiration to turn our sketches in digital art pop art designs.

One of the tricky parts of turning our physical artwork into digital artwork is taking a good photo. There are many obstacles with the angle of the camera, shadows, and cropping that need to be overcome. I purchased 3 dewey ipad document stands to help make this easier. I set up the stands in places around the room that have even lighting.

photo taken with iPad stand

contrast adjusted in Superimpose app

with pop art effect in Crazy Photo Booth app

1. take a picture

2. Use superimpose

3. Crazy Photo Booth App

Not only were students able to learn to photograph their artwork during this lesson extension, they were able to understand in a more dynamic way what contrast means.
We used the contrast and brightness adjustments in the superimpose app to magically make the pencil lines and greys of the paper disappear leaving a beautiful clean black and white image. We uploaded the black and white image into this exhibit on Artsonia. Then we use the pop art filter and uploaded the results to this exhibit on Artsonia.