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In the car

Look at this comic-like painting.

American artist Roy Lichtenstein is famous for turning printed comic book images into his own hand-made paintings. This large painting uses the same bold colours and black outlines popular in comics.

Notice how the painting is made up of hundreds of tiny dots. Lichtenstein would use metal stencils punctured with holes so his dots were neat and uniform, just like a comic.

Imagine where these people are going. What could they be saying to each other?

Write your ideas in these speech bubbles. Hint: if you’d like to print the image only, right-click on it and select save, then print it.

Roy Lichtenstein's In the car 1963 with speech bubbles