In this lesson, students will learn about the importance of size and distinguish between life-size and an increased or decreased scale in art. They'll draw a household object in three sizes and turn the drawing into a soft relief sculpture. Art lab lesson plans are presented as PDF files that you can view with the ArtsConnectEd image viewer or download to your computer. Use the Prev/Next buttons to move between the images of a PDF and the actual file.

The Artwork of the Month's activity and label focus on a single work in the Walker's collection and provide entertaining art experiences for young people. You can see an activity with the ArtsConnectEd image viewer or download the PDF file to your computer. Use the Prev/Next buttons to move between images of the PDF and the actual file. About the Artwork Pop Art is inspired by ordinary things from everyday life, or popular culture. Pop artist Claes Oldenburg takes small things and makes them into sculptures that are large-scale, or bigger than life. He has made a 100 foot-high clothespin and a tube of lipstick that is 15 feet tall! Oldenburg likes the way a small object seems much more important when it is a gigantic monument. Monuments are sculptures that are made to honor important people and events. Oldenburg and his wife Coosje Van Bruggen’s Spoonbridge and Cherry shows us something familiar in a new way. The artists transformed small objects into a fantastic outdoor monument – the cherry became a fruit fountain and the spoon was made into a giant bridge reaching over a pond. In contrast to older, more serious monuments such as the Statue of Liberty, this playful Pop sculpture reminds us of the important role of everyday objects in our lives.