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Illustrate a piece of text about dreams

I can create a dreamscape inspired by a text.

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Key learning points

  1. Dreams can inspire artists to create artwork, like the Surrealists.
  2. Dreamscapes use a combination of the artist’s imagination, ideas from dreams and things observed in reality.
  3. Texts can describe a dream which the artist can portray using images.

Keywords

  • Dreamscape - the view of a dream, imagined by the artist

  • Imagination - an idea in your head about something you have not experienced in the real-world

  • Text - a piece of writing

Common misconception

Artists need to observe from reality to make art.

Remind pupils that art can be an observation, but it can also be taking an idea we have in our heads and making it into an artwork.


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For task B, pupils could create a dreamscape using the words they have generated in task A. This would allow the pupils to have more ownership over the task.
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6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? Collage is the layering of paper to create an artwork.
True
Correct answer: False
Q2.
A visual response is ...
Looking at an artwork and expressing what you feel
Talking about an artwork to express what you think or feel
Correct answer: Making images to express what you think or feel
Q3.
Which of the following artists worked in a Surrealist style?
Claude Monet
Correct answer: Leonora Carrington
Pablo Picasso
Q4.
True or false? Digital media can only be created on a digital device.
Correct answer: True
False
Q5.
Which of these features are found in a Surrealist artwork?
Dark and atmospheric colours in the artwork
Correct answer: Objects which are unexpected sizes in the artwork
Correct answer: Strange or unusual things happening in the artwork
Q6.
__________ and __________ inspired the Surrealists.
Dreams and the conscious
Dreams and everyday objects
Correct answer: Dreams and the subconscious

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6 Questions

Q1.
When artists make a __________, they are imagining what a dream might look like.
artwork
Correct answer: dreamscape
painting
Q2.
A poem is a piece of text that artists can use to them.
Correct Answer: inspire, influence, give ideas to
Q3.
Leonora Carrington was a __________ artist.
Impressionist
Pop
Correct answer: Surrealist
Q4.
True or false? Artists must always draw from what they observe in reality.
True
Correct answer: False
Q5.
Surrealist artists are inspired by which of the following:
texts, creatures and dreams
Correct answer: texts, imagination and dreams
imagination, dreams and the outdoors
Q6.
The keyword 'imagination' means:
something you have not experienced in the real-world
Correct answer: an idea in your head about something you have not experienced in the real-world
something you have experienced in the real-world
an idea in your head