DRAFT

Surreal Environment CP 4 Inspiratation, Planning, Production

1. Lesson Goals

SWBAT

1...show an UNDERSTANDING of SURREALISM

by designing their own SURREAL ROOM INTERIORS

2...use the GRADATION of VALUE and LINEAR

PERSPECTIVE to create the ILLUSION of 3D

form and space on a 2D surface

3...use a VARIETY of COLOR BLENDING

TECHNIQUES to mix colors with colored pencils

2. About Surrealism: Surreal Idea Treasure Hunt

Art Images Link

Worksheet

• Objects or animals that aren't normally found indoors

• Objects or animals that are the wrong size

• Mythological creatures

• Demonic creatures

• A portal into another dimension or world

• Solids behaving like liquids

• Objects defying gravity

• Staircases or portals leading to nowhere

• Something transforming into something else

• 2D transforming into 3D or vice versa

• Something that would be physically impossible or illogical in real life

4. Complete The Surreal Art Treasure Hunt

1. Complete the Surreal Idea Treasure Hunt (Handout)

Which art images show which Surreal Ideas?

Art Images Link

Worksheet

5. Complete The Surreal Environment Planning Sheet

1. Use one of the Surreal Ideas discovered during the Surreal Idea Treasure Hunt activity and complete the Planning Sheet

5. Newsprint Planning Drawing

1. Use 1 or 2 Point Perspective to draw a room interior in pencil on newsprint.

2. Draw lightly so allow for easy editing as needed

3. Watch teacher demos and use provided worksheets for step-by-steps

instructions for drawing room details like windows, doors, furniture, etc.

4. Use laptops to do Internet image searches to find references images

for Surreal Room interior details.

5. Final Drawing with Colored Pencils

1. Review learning from the 2 colored pencil exercises

(Color Wheel & Colored Pencil Spheres)

2. Use color mixing techniques explored in the color wheel assignment

3. Use gradations of value to create the illusion of 3D form as in the

colored pencil sphere assignment

6. Assessment

1. Complete Do Now Quizes

2. Complete Peer Review

3. Complete Self Assessment

Surreal Room Interior Rubric

Sketchbook Do Now 12/5:

SB Do Now

NYC Visual Arts Benchmarks

• Art Making

• Developing Art Literacy

• Making Connections Through Visual Arts

• Community and Cultural Resources

• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning

Differentiation / Lesson Extension

...Students with different abilities can seek assistance from teacher, paraprofessional, or another student

...The students who finish early can ask a classmate if they need help or review

NYC VISUAL ARTS BENCHMARKS

• Developing Art Literacy

• Community and Cultural Resources

• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning

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