Surreal dreamscape collage

Art and design

Thsi 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.

Dream portraits: drawing and digital design

Use scissors with your thumbs facing the ceiling.

Move the material you are cutting rather than the scissors.

When cutting complex shapes, which of the following statements might be helpful?

Composition refers to how the images are arranged within the artwork.

Which of the following materials could be included in a collage?

Artists should always use a triangular composition.

__________ images can help an artist to share what they think is most important within the artwork.

Collage can be made from paper, textiles and found objects.

Which of the following did not inspire the Surrealists?

To create different tones, we can draw lines closer together or further apart.

The side of an object nearest to the __________ will show the lightest tones.

Organic shapes have curved lines and are found in ...

__________ are a combination of reality, dreams and the artist’s imagination.

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