Pop Art Landscape
David Hockney is one of the most important painters of the 20th century. If you were to Google, famous British painters, there’s a good chance that Hockney’s name will appear. Born in Bradford in 1937, Hockney was one of the big artists involved in the pop art movement in the 1960s. Pop art was a style of art that was bright, full of colour. It was made by lots of young artists who felt that the art they saw in galleries was a little bit boring. To find out more about pop art, https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/pop-art.
David Hockney
Going Up Garrowby Hill 2000
Private Collection © David Hockney
David Hockney Nichols Canyon 1980
Hockney lives in London, but owns two other homes in California. You can imagine then that a lot of his work varies, because California and the UK are very different places. California is usually always sunny, where as in England the weather changes all the time. So, when painting in England, Hockney likes to paint the seasons. In Going Up Garrowby Hill, Hockney has painted a canvas of the landscape in Yorkshire, where he was brought up. There are lots of different colours. Why do you think this?
Hockney is still painting and trying lots of new experiments with art. Some of his most recent work includes painting on iPads. The great thing about iPads is that once the work has been complete, you can go back and see how the painting was created. It’s like rewinding time. Isn’t that incredible?
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-david-hockney
Using white paper and crayons or markers or a combination of both, create your own Pop-Art inspired landscape. Use lots of contrasting colors and unrealistic patterns.
