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Lesson 1: What is Surrealism?
Lesson 1: What is Surrealism?
Directions: Look at the following artworks and take turns with your elbow partner answering: what do you notice (think EoA/PoD)? What do you wonder?
Directions: Next, we will watch the video, "What is Surrealism?". As you watch the video answer the following questions on a seperate sheet of paper.
Guiding Questions:
Name a surrealist artist.
What does surrealist art look like?
What is automatism?
Write down 3 words that you can use to describe Surrealism.
Surrealism and Photography
https://www.theartstory.org/movement/surrealism/Surrealism and Photography
Whereas photography had been widely used as a tool to document reality, artists began to work with the camera and progressive techniques to create images jarringly detached from photography's original uses. These visuals oftentimes challenged the viewer's perceptions with a strong basis in conceptualism, conjuring the uncanny, ethereal, or unordinary. Other times, they emphasized the artist's intent, by presenting familiar images unlatched from their usual context, inviting new perspectives of the ordinary. This practice would spread to America and become a forebear to the decades-long exploration of the possibilities of the photographic image that remains common in today's art world.
Lesson 2: Surreal Collage
Lesson 2: Surreal Collage
What is a collage? What makes a collage "surreal"?
What is a collage? What makes a collage "surreal"?
Grab a piece of paper!
Grab a piece of paper!
Some slides missing? Linked HERE
Erik Johansson
Erik Johansson
TED Talk about his planning:
http://www.ted.com/talks/erik_johansson_impossible_photography?language=en
Surreal
Surreal
Surrealism is a modern movement in art and literature that tries to express the subconscious mind.
Surrealism is a modern movement in art and literature that tries to express the subconscious mind.
An artistic movement of the 1900s that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.
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Random
Random
The definition of "random" is an action that happens without order or without reason.
The definition of "random" is an action that happens without order or without reason.
An example of random is when you close your eyes and choose one of two options...
yourdictionary.com4 Rules to Surrealism:
4 Rules to Surrealism:
It always starts with an idea, then a plan: sketch it out! The process was in the planning, not the taking of the photo. Then, once the photo is taken, the work begins.
Rule 1:
Rule 1:
Retain level of REALISM
Retain level of REALISM
Meaning: different pieces of reality placed together to create a new, alternate reality.
Rule 2:
Rule 2:
photos combined should have the...
SAME PERSPECTIVE
SAME PERSPECTIVE
Meaning: same height, lens, and angle.
Rule 3:
Rule 3:
photos combined should have the...
SAME TYPE OF LIGHT
SAME TYPE OF LIGHT
Meaning: same location, time of day, studio lighting.
Rule 4:
Rule 4:
photos combined should have the...
Seamlessness in edits.
Seamlessness in edits.
Meaning: smooth editing, color, contrast, brightness, depth of field, and edges.
SKETCH your idea!
Example: walking my dog
Brainstorm
Brainstorm
Start with an action rooted in realism:
Example: walking my dog
List different locations:
Example: beach, space, hospital, basketball court, underwater
List similar shapes with unsimilar objects:
Example: instead of a round head, a basketball or apple.
List of images (shot list):
Example: taking a photo of someone walking their dog, collecting images of space/planets on Google, taking a picture of an apple....
Inspiration by Surrealist painters
Inspiration by Surrealist painters
René Magritte
René Magritte
Student Examples
Student Examples
Sebastien V.
Colin S.
Alex B.
Ella M.
Helpful Links
Helpful Links
Using Copyright Photos
Using Copyright Photos
Downloading Brushes
Downloading Brushes
PS Tutorials
PS Tutorials
High Quality Images
High Quality Images
ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS
ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS
11in x 14in 300 ppi PS doc
High Quality, no pixelated images
Design:
Retain a level of realism
Element of surprise
Thoughtful use of proportion
Thoughtful use of lighting
4 rules of Surrealism
Technical Skills:
Sides, edges line up to create a cohesive and fluid new meaning
Clean masking and selection techniques
Submit your final project as a JPG on Canvas.
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