This document provides information and instructions for an art assignment on Peter Max's psychedelic style. Students are asked to take notes on facts about Max's life and artwork in their sketchbooks. They are then instructed on how to draw a profile portrait and apply repetitive patterns inspired by Max's work. The assignment is to create 3 thumbnail sketches combining their own profile with psychedelic patterns, with the best design chosen to make a large self-portrait in Max's style.

1. MRS. HURD’S ARTROOM
THE FABULOUS WORK OF
PETER MAX
THE FABULOUS WORK OF
PETER MAX

2. YOU SHOULD BE TAKING
NOTES!!!!!!!!!!
WRITE IN SKETCHBOOK
FOR A GRADE!!!!!
Keep notes of facts & interesting
patterns you see!

3. Your sketchbook page should
look something like this:
Facts from power
point
Fill boxes in with patterns &
designs
Date of Birth
Where does he live?
Why is he famous?
Facts & qualities about
art work.

4. Example Notes Page

5. Who is Peter Max?
Born in Berlin Germany, 1937
Max currently lives and works in New York City.
American Pop Artist: Known for his Psychedelic Style
Commercial Artist
*Loves all types of media
Psychedelic Style

6. His Artwork
 Peter Max has painted for 6
U.S. Presidents
 His art is on display in
Presidential Libraries and
in U.S. Embassies
 Max has painted our Lady
Liberty annually since
America's Bicentennial and
in 2000 a collage of his
Liberties adorned over 145
million Verizon phone books
 2006 U.S. Olympic Posters
 Grammy Awards Poster
 Pan Am Airlines
 Sprite
 5 Super Bowl Ad Campaigns
 World Cup USA
 The World Series
 The U.S. Open
 The Indy 500
 The NYC Marathon
 The Kentucky Derby
 Album Covers & More
Pick 4 to write down in notes!

7. Questions:
When was the beginning of the POP ART MOVEMENT?
What do you think Psychedelic Style is?
What is a Commercial Artist?
What does the term media mean when pertaining to
this class?

8. Definitions
Commercial Art
• Graphic art created
specifically for
commercial uses,
especially for
advertising, illustrations
in magazines or books, or
the like.
Psychedelic Art
• floral and celestial motifs
• bright, vibrating colors
• reminiscent of art
nouvea and comic strip art
• bold colors, uplifting
images and an uncommon
artistic diversity
Media
• Type of art material used (paint, pencil, ink, etc…

9. We Will Be Watching the Movie Soon!
The Yellow Submarine Illustrations

10. Elements & Principles of Art
Shape {Geometric & Organic} Repetitive Patterns
Bold Bright Vivid Color Celestial Motitif
The Different Drummer, 1968

11. Love Poster, 1970
One of the most famous pieces

12. Peace Corps, 1970
What elements and principles do you see?

13. Lady Liberty’s

14. Moon Landing #3, 1969
Pan Am Airlines, 1969

15. Profile Series:
this is what we will be creating

20. Facial Proportions
Beginning a Profile Profile with Features

21. How to Draw Profiles
1. Draw a circle. Divide circle
vertically in half.
2. Draw a horizontal line, slightly
below half way. (This is
different then in full face
proportions.)
3. Where the jaw and ear meet,
both slope slightly backwards
4. Note that the profile varies
much more then the frontal
proportions.
5. Gradually draw in features:
eye, eyebrow, nose, lips, chin,
neck

22. Tips & Tricks

23. Drawing the Face in Profile
Let’s use a trick to make things
easier, we'll use the frontal
drawing of the face, or one very
similar to that used in the tutorial
face drawing, as a guide to set the
proportion of the side view.
What I would like you to take from
this tutorial is the actual structure
of the face seen from the side and
to notice how compressed toward
the front all the facial features are
Draw the front oval of the head
then trace from the top and the
chin two horizontal lines. Trace
also a line passing through the
middle of the head like in the
picture.

24. Now I want you to notice here,
before moving further, the two
main shapes that form the head
from the side: an elongated
circle and a triangle.
You do not need to draw this, but
just be aware of it.

25. You can roughly position the facial
features on the frontal drawing
first (eyes, eyebrows, nose and
mouth) then trace their relative
position onto the side view using
tracing lines as shown.
Don’t forget the indents/contours!

26. Add in more details

30. Assignment:
• Create 3 thumbnail sketches in
sketchbook of different pattern ideas.
• Profiles should be of your self
• Profiles should be filled inside and
outside with patterns that resemble
Peter Max’s artwork/style: Psychedelic
• The best pattern scheme will be used to
create large scale, psychedelic, self
portrait.

31. Example Projects

34. Mrs. Hurd’s Psychedelic Profile Example sans color.