In the style of Burton Morris

You need:

1. several colours construction paper


2. black cardboard 20 by 20 cm


3. coloured cardboard 20 by 20 cm


4. scissors


5. glue


6. black thick marker

During our USA trip in the summer of 2009, I visited in the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, There I saw the artwork of Burton Morris for the first time: five paintings of cola bottles in pop-art style surrounded by light blue bubbles. So beautiful! Now I found a way to do this in school. And I think I'm the first blogger with a Morris lesson!

Burton Morris (Pittsburgh, 1964) is an American pop-art artist. He is influenced by pop-art artists from the 60's and 70's, like Warhol, Lichtenstein and Haring. Now he is one of the most famous modern post pop-art artist. Morris's work shows a contemporary twist to traditional pop-art. His work is cheerful, energetic and colourful. His characteristic lines with the bright colours give his work a fantastic energy. Morris's work is known of tv-series like Friends and also appears in major advertising campaigns by U.S. companies like AT & T, Pepsi and Heinz.

Source: www.burtonmorris.com

Show artwork of Morris on the digital board. Discuss the features: bright colours, black outlines, little detail, movement by little lines, white lines that suggest light and the distinctive black star shape around or in much of his work.

Students are going to make an artwork in the style of Burton Morris with the subject: Valentine's Day.

Step 1. Take two colours cardboard: black for the edge and one colour for the background. take a construction paper for the big heart.

Step 2. Cut the edges of the background cardboard sloping away, to make a sort of rug. You have to cut at least 1 cm around.

Step 3. Cut a large heart from the second coloured cardboard. Cut white 'light lines' from a white sheet for on and around the big heart.

Step 4. Cut some smaller hearts from several colours of construction paper. Cut white 'light lines' and paste them on the little hearts; all on the same side.

Step 5. Paste the big heart on the coloured cardboard. Paste the light lines on the heart and around it.

Step 6. Cut long triangles from the sides of the rug, the 'flashy stripes'. Paste the rug on the black cardboard.

Step 7. Paste the small hearts around the big heart; you may k de kleine hartjes rondom het grote hart, where you can go over the triangles. Outline the small hearts with a black marker.

Step 8. Cut the black background away, leaving about 2 mm on the edges.

Step 9. Paste the work on a coloured sheet (A4 size) and cut it into a square.

Made by students of grade 4 and 5

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Valentine in the style of Robert Indiana

Made by a student of grade 2

You need:

1. drawing sheet 20 by 20 cm


2. water colour paint


3. brushes


4. fine black marker

A lesson about the famous LOVE sculpture of Robert Indiana. I used the Dutch word LIEF (meaning Nice, or I like you) 

Fold the sheet in four squares. Draw hearts in each part. Draw fat letters on the foreground. Fill letters and hearts with patterns and paint with water colour paint. Outline with fine black marker. 

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Valentine's Day Song for Children | Valentine Color song

Valentine's Day Song Lyrics:

Valentines, valentines, what colors do you see?

Valentines, valentines, take a look with me!

Red ones, orange ones, yellow ones, too.

Valentines, valentines, here is one for you.

Valentines, valentines, what colors do you see?

Valentines, valentines, take a look with me

Blue ones, purple ones, and some that are green.

Valentines, valentines I hope there's one is for me!

Valentines, valentines, as pretty as can be

The Heart Song | Valentine's Day Song for Kids | The Kiboomers

The Heart song lyrics:

Come on everybody get in a circle.

We’re going to do the Heart song.

Woohoo

Here we go hugging around the room
Around the room, around the room
Here we go hugging around the room
On St. Valentine’s Day!

hug to the left
hug to the right
hug to the left
hug to the right


Here we go hopping around the room
Around the room, around the room
Here we go hopping around the room
On St. Valentine’s Day!

hop to the left
hop to the right
hop to the left
hop to the right

Let’s blow kisses around the room
Around the room, around the room
Let’s blow kisses around the room
On St. Valentine’s Day!

kisses to the left
kisses to the right
kisses to the left
kisses to the right

Here we go jumping around the room
Around the room, around the room
Here we go jumping around the room
On St. Valentine’s Day!

jump to the left
jump to the right
jump to the left
jump to the right

Here we go clapping around the room
Around the room, around the room
Here we go clapping around the room
On St. Valentine’s Day!

clap clap
clap clap
clap clap

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