Year 10 - Art and design
Manipulating photographs
Foundation workshops: selecting primary sources and recording observations
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Unit Summary
This teacher-led unit introduces key principles and four assessment objectives through various drawing activities in the studio and on-site. Pupils will explore diverse sources, inspired by themes from a museum or site visit.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to experiment with different ways to manipulate a photograph, exploring how to reflect personal ideas in your work.
Key Notes
- Old photos can be repurposed to create interesting artworks that are relevant to today.
- Artists use photos to express ideas about identity and contemporary society.
- Stitching into photos and manipulating them can add another layer of meaning.
Vocabulary To Learn
- distort: to change something from its original shape or appearance
- destroy: to completely break or ruin something so that it cannot be used or fixed
- fragmentation: taking an image or object and dividing it up, so that the whole thing is not clear or complete
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Distorting a photograph with manipulation techniques only damages it.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Old photos can be repurposed to create interesting artworks that are relevant to today. Artists use photos to express ideas about identity and contemporary society.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'distort'
to change something from its original shape or appearance.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Distorting a photograph with manipulation techniques only damages it. Correction: In art, photos are not just static records of the past; they are versatile tools that can be reinterpreted and manipulated to express new ideas and perspectives.
More Lessons In This Unit
- 2D into 3D Study Guide
- Developing ideas for experimentation Study Guide
- Documenting the creative journey Study Guide
- Drawing for different purposes and needs Study Guide
- Manipulating drawings Study Guide
- Recording from observation and first-hand sources Study Guide
- Selecting inspirational visual source material Study Guide
- The art of critique: analysing and interpreting artworks Study Guide
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