Year 4 - Art and design
Surreal dreamscape collage
Dream portraits: drawing and digital design
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Unit Summary
This unit explores how dreams have inspired artists, especially the Surrealists. Pupils will illustrate a piece of dream text, then learn how to draw and shade a sleeping portrait, before transforming it into a digital design.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to select images and arrange a composition for a Surreal dreamscape collage.
Key Notes
- By moving the material, rather than the scissors, complex shapes are easier to cut.
- Triangular composition can help to draw attention to parts of an artwork, but doesn't have to be used by the artist.
- Overlapping images can help an artist to share what they think is most important within the artwork.
Vocabulary To Learn
- select: to choose elements to include in an artwork
- composition: how the images are arranged within an artwork
- overlap: when images are layered over one other
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When cutting complex shapes, we move the scissors rather than the paper.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
By moving the material, rather than the scissors, complex shapes are easier to cut. Triangular composition can help to draw attention to parts of an artwork, but doesn't have to be used by the artist.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'select'
to choose elements to include in an artwork.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When cutting complex shapes, we move the scissors rather than the paper. Correction: Remind pupils to move the paper, rather than the scissors when cutting, with their thumbs facing upwards towards the ceiling.
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