Year 8 - Art and design
Playing with collaging and relief through landscape
Collage and Assemblage: sustainable materials
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Unit Summary
Pupils will develop their collaging skills and showcase their strengths. They will learn about the different between using the metholody as part of the process or as the technique. They will explore how to place images together and develop compositional skills as well as be playful with ideas.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a surreal collage landscape by combining found images, textures, and 3D elements to tell a story.
Key Notes
- Artists use collage techniques to create surreal landscapes.
- Images from magazines can be used to shape initial story ideas.
- Artists can use textured surfaces in their designs.
- Artists can manipulate 3D materials and skills to add interest and depth to a collage.
Vocabulary To Learn
- juxtaposition: when very different images are brought together to create new or surprising ideas
- texture: how something feels when it is touched, the feel or appearance of a surface
- manipulate: handle or control something, like a material or image, in a skillful manner to alter it
- depth: where an artwork looks like it is three dimensional
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Collage landscapes should always look realistic.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Artists use collage techniques to create surreal landscapes. Images from magazines can be used to shape initial story ideas.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'juxtaposition'
when very different images are brought together to create new or surprising ideas.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Collage landscapes should always look realistic. Correction: Collage allows us to create landscapes that don't have to follow real world rules. Surreal landscapes encourage imagination and creativity beyond what we see in everyday life.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Creating and refining an abstract collage Study Guide
- Developing and refining collages to represent home. Study Guide
- Exploring collage and composition through portraits Study Guide
- Exploring memory through the world of assemblage Study Guide
- Planning and developing collage inspired by our hobbies and interests Study Guide
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