Surreal Environment:
Inspiration & Planning
1. Project Goals: (Feb 4)
SWBAT:
• ANALYZE examples of SURREALIST ART and IDENTIFY SURREAL IDEAS for project INSPIRATION (Surreal Art Treasure Hunt)
• PLAN and SKETCH out Ideas for their own original Surreal Environments
2. Looking Ahead (Feb 4)
The next assignment will be based on the sketches you did for this assignment
3. Surrealist Art Movement Defined (Feb 4)
Salvador Dali, Persistence of Memory, 1931, Oil on Canvas
Surrealism is a cultural movement that started in 1917 and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. Artists painted...illogical scenes... creating strange creatures from everyday objects... Its aim was...to "resolve the ...contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality", or surreality.
Works of surrealism feature the element of surprise and unexpected juxtapositions.
Surrealism developed ... during World War I. The most important center of the movement was Paris, France. From the 1920s onward, the movement spread around the globe, impacting the visual arts, literature, film, and music...
Text adapted from Wikipedia
4. Complete The Surreal Art Treasure Hunt (Feb 4)
Match Numbers to Letters
A. Objects or animals that aren't normally found indoors
B. Objects or animals that are the wrong size
C. Mythological creatures
D. Demonic creatures
E. A portal into another dimension or world
F. Solids behaving like liquids
G. Objects defying gravity
H. Staircases or portals leading to nowhere
I. Something transforming into something else
J. 2D transforming into 3D or vice versa
K. Something that would be physically impossible or illogical in real life
5. Goals for Thumbnail Sketches (Feb 7)
GOALS: SIMPLE SHAPES, no DETAILS or SHADING
You should NOT do CAREFUL & DETAILED drawings. You are simply planning the composition of your final Surreal Environment that you will later do in Photopea. Goals for the thumbnail sketches are for you to:
Explore page orientation (vertical & horizontal)
Choose what you will include
Plan placement and size
Save the details for later. No shading!
6. Thumbnail Sketches Instructions (Feb 7 & 8)
In class (or at home) lightly plan out 4 different ideas for your Surreal Environment in Photopea.
Review what you wrote in response to the last question on the Surreal Art Treasure Hunt form.
Look at the artwork again. Feel free to look at more Surreal art on the Internet
Gather supplies:
- One sheet of copy or loose leaf paper
- Pencil
- Metro Card/ID Card (Optional)
- Reference images on the Internet (Optional)
Lightly draw or trace 4 rectangles on your paper. (If you want to work larger you can use more than one paper)
Review the goals again in section 5 if needed.
Write down the surreal goals you are exploring on the paper
Sketch out 4 different ideas. Be sure to explore both horizontal and vertical page orientations.
7. Photograph Sketches & Upload to Assignment Posting (Feb 9)
Place your drawing on a flat surface where there is plenty of light
2. Open your smartphone camera app
3. Position the camera viewfinder so that your drawing fills the rectangle nicely
4. If there are shadows, reposition your drawing and try from a different angle
4. Use the Google Classroom app to submit your drawing to this assignment posting
8. Complete Peer Review, Reflection, & Self-Grading (Feb 9)
Include a
Peer Review
Include a Reflection & Self-Grading
Use the private comment's section for the Peer Review.
Switch seats with a classmate so that you can review each others' work and give feedback. Review the grading criteria (below).
Go to the GC assignment posting
Type your Peer Review into your classmate's Private comment section. Include one compliment and one suggestion based on the grading criteria. Also include your name.
Make sure to have them do the same for you!
If you are having trouble getting someone to do a peer review, let me know
Also include a REFLECTION: What were you successful at? What did you struggle with?
Finally add what grade you think you deserve.
9. Rubric
10 points --- TREASURE HUNT Surreal Art Treasure Hunt was carefully completed
35 points --- 4 SKETCHES 4 Thumbnail sketches were completed. The 4 Thumbnail sketches show exploration of size and placement.
10 points --- PENCIL Thumbnail sketches were done in pencil
10 points --- THUMBNAIL SKETCH PURPOSE There are few details and no shading. Thumbnail sketches show understanding of the idea of planning and not doing carefully finished drawings.
10 points --- PAGE ORIENTATION EXPLORATION The thumbnail sketches show exploration of horizontal and vertical. The sketches are done in rectangles, not squares
10 points --- SURREAL IDEA(S) WRITTEN The surreal idea(s) explored in the sketches is written on the sketch of private comments
5 points --- REFLECTION and SELF-GRADING: Private comment with reflection and self-grading is included
5 points --- PEER REVIEW: is included in the Private Comments section of the GC assignment posting.
5 points --- TIMELY COMPLETION: The assignment is completed no later than a week past the due date
10. Extra Credit
Writing Extension
1. Create a word doc and name it "Surreal Writing (Last name first name)"
2. Google and find a painting by Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, or Frida Kahlo.
3. Include the name, date of painting, and copy and paste the painting onto the document.
4. Write one short paragraph about what you see in the painting; describe what's in it, placement, colors, etc.
5. Write a second short paragraph with your interpretation of the painting. What does it mean to you? What do you think the artist is trying to express?
6. Write a third short paragraph with research findings about the painting. Include your source(s)
7. Submit your writing with the work from this assignment
Ikea Furniture Ad
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1. Google Image Search
2. "Surrealism in Advertising"
3. Right-Click on image and download (Save Image As)
4. Name It: Surreal Ad Last Name First Name
Example Surreal Ad Hooker Martina
5. Upload to your class folder (Adv Comp Design)
Salvador Dali, Sleep, 1937, Oil on Canvas
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What does Surreal mean?
Salvador Dali, Sleep, 1937, Oil on Canvas
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The adjective surreal comes from Surrealism, a movement that produced art that often contained irrational, disjointed images.
So, surreal describes something that's a bizarre mix of elements, often jarring and seemingly nonsensical.
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Who were some famous surrealists and when did the Surrealist Art movement start?
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Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte were two famous surrealists. Surrealism started in Europe in 1917 and remains a strong influence to this day.
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Most drawings are done carefully and have details while a sketch only needs to show WHAT will be included, WHERE the different elements will be and HOW they will be represented.
A sketch can be very rough and even ONLY UNDERSTANDABLE to the artist who draws it.
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