Remembering My First Pop Art Project: Crayola Crayon Box

I just saw an article about Andy Warhol on Facebook. Pop art was one of my favorites since art class with Mrs. Jones in junior high. My large 3-D papier-mâché project was a Crayola crayon box.

As I posted on Facebook if anyone else remembered theirs, I thought about why I did a crayon box. I remember after I wished I did something "cooler."

Then it hit me, maybe the crayon box was more fitting than I knew at the time. A metaphysical piece of art, a piece of art representing an art tool.

It's just another funny hindsight thought of how I should have known I was an artist even back then. I should keep a list of those.

I have no idea how I even decided on making a box of crayons for that project, but I remember commenting how I always received my best grades on all of the three dimensional projects.

Another memory just hit me: I remember being conservative with the paint, only mixing a little cup up of my golden yellow and green. The teacher suggested I mix enough to finish the whole box, as there were covers to keep it. I told her that was okay, that I had counted how many drops of black paint I added to make my shade of green.

She laughed, impressed, "Painting with a formula. I like it."

I remember thinking how I hadn't thought of it like that but appreciated her observation of my idea. I guess it makes sense I would paint with a recipe. I never seemed to be right or left brain dominant, but that's a topic for another blog. ;-)

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