Design a digital dreamscape
I can use a variety of digital tools to manipulate images to create a digital dreamscape.
Design a digital dreamscape
I can use a variety of digital tools to manipulate images to create a digital dreamscape.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Artists can digitally manipulate images and photographs using crop, saturation and contrast adjustment tools.
- Shapes and colour can be used to fill a digital space.
- An artist can overlap images to add depth to their composition.
Keywords
Digital manipulation - to change or alter an image using digital technology
Adjustment tools - to use tools such as contrast, brightness or crop to change an image
Depth - where an artwork looks like it is three dimensional
Common misconception
Photographic images always reflect reality.
Remind children that photographic images can be digitally manipulated using a computer or digital software, they do not always reflect reality.
To help you plan your year 4 art and design lesson on: Design a digital dreamscape, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 4 art and design lesson on: Design a digital dreamscape, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 2 art and design lessons from the Dream portraits: drawing and digital design unit, dive into the full secondary art and design curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Computer/tablet
Licence
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