Surreal Dreamscape Assignment Name:___________________

Painting and Drawing

Leaning Goals

· To understand color theory and be able to neutralize color by using complements.

· To create a dynamic composition by understanding positive and negative space, breaking the edges of the picture plane, and varying the spacing of objects to avoid even spread.

· To understand how to depict objects in space from one perspective.

· To apply thought and designs processes in the development of visual ideas.

Phases

· Phase 1 Brainstorm and Research

· Phase 2 Plan and Compose

· Phase 3 Share with Peers

· Phase 4 Revise Based on Feedback

· Phase 5 Final Design Sketch

· Phase 6 Apply Value

Phase 1:Brain Storm:

Choose one of the following exercises (and circle) to help you generate ideas and concepts:

-Dream Journal

-Free Drawing

-Free Writing

The following activities are to be completed individually:

Dream Journal:

For this exercise you will be asked to keep a daily journal and record your dream activity for a whole week. In your journal you need to include at least five entries throughout the week. These entries must describe in as much detail as possible what took place in your dream. Think about where your dream took place, who was present in your dream and ask yourself how might I show this dream visually? Record all details and any other thoughts such as dream interpretation in your journal. Journals will be collected as you complete phase one of your design process.

Free Drawing:

For this exercise you will be asked to take at least twenty minutes and have a free drawing session. What does it mean to draw freely? Free drawing is drawing without any plan or intention and doing so without stopping. Have you ever caught yourself “doodling” on the edge of one of your papers during class? Doodling is an example of drawing freely. What you are doing is tapping into your subconscious mind and expressing your subconscious thoughts visually. For this exercise you will be asked to take several pieces of paper and set aside a twenty minute period where you will just draw. Your hand should not stop moving during this exercise. There should be no plan or intention to your drawing your will just drawing anything and everything that comes to mind. Drawings will be collected at the end of your drawing session.

Free Writing:

For this exercise you will be asked to take at least twenty minutes and have a free writing session. What does it mean to write freely? Free writing is writing without having any plan or intention. You will write whatever enters your mind and will be translated from your mind, to the pencil, to the paper. Some of you may keep journals of your thoughts, some may enjoy writing poetry, and some may even like writing song lyrics, all of these examples are acceptable forms of free writing. Once you start your writing session you must continue without stopping. After you have completed your free writing session your writings will be collected.

Key Vocabulary:

· Scale: Changing an objects scale or relative size.

· Levitation: Floating Objects that don’t usually float.

· Juxtaposition: Joining two images together in an impossible situation.

· Dislocation: Taking an object from its usual environment and placing it in a new one.

· Transparency: Making objects transparent that are not usually transparent.

· Biomorphism: Altering or morphing an object or human/animal by combining it with another form, or assigning it attributes of another form.

For the following, please match the technique listed to the image that correspond the best.

1. Levitation ----------- 2. Dislocation -----------

3. Juxtaposition ------------4. Scale -----------

5. Biomorphism -----------6.Transparancy -----------

A. B. C.

D.E. F.

Phase 2: Plan and Compose

Respond to the following:

1. In what ways did your chosen brainstorming activities help you generate ideas for your surreal dreamscape?

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2. How are Surrealism and the subconscious mind connected?

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3. Provide an example of Naturalistic Surrealism.

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4. Provide three examples of biomorphic forms that could be used in a surrealist situation.

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5. What is your vision for your surreal dreamscape (Describe themes, symbols, imagery, environment/atmosphere, etc.) ?

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Phase 3: Share With Peers

· As you finish your four sketches you will meet in small groups and have a small critique with your classmates. During this time you will share ideas and give constructive criticism. Write on a sticky note one positive comment and one constructive criticism for each student in your group. These comments will help you decide which sketch best meets the assignment guidelines.

· Share your choices you have made with Ms. B. or myself and take the feedback we give you into consideration.

Record below all comments from peers:

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Phase 4: Revise Based on Feedback

· Be open to the constructive criticism of your fellow classmates and teachers.

· Take feedback seriously and make revisions where it’s needed

· Make revisions and re-draw

List any revisions made after the critique:

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Phase 5: Final Design Sketch

· Sketch onto watercolor paper your final draft.

· Remember to sketch lightly so pencil lines may be erased before painting.

· Before starting, use masking tape all four edges of the paper to a drawing board (this will keep your paper flat while you paint, and will prevent the paper from rolling up on itself once wet.)

Phase 6: Applying Value

Before beginning to paint it is important to get familiar with water color. You will complete a series of watercolor exercise before starting your final painting. These exercises will familiarize you with the following:

-How to mix watercolor so that the application of color is smooth and consistent (all areas of the applied color are even and the dispersion of pigment is consistent throughout)

-How to get a range of values by adding more or less water to the pigment.

-How to create volume and form of an object by making smooth transitions.

-How to neutralize color by adding their complements.

On a 6x6 piece of watercolor paper trace each of the shapes below using the light table. Then choose a color of your choice to accurately apply watercolor to the form to create form and value (keep in mind where the light source is coming from). It is important to make sure to mix the water and pigment well in order to avoid uneven spread of color.

(Core ShadowCast Shadow) (Light SourceHighlightShadow)

The next exercise is going to help you understand how to mix and neutralize colors. First, take a 6x6 square of paper and using only primary colors (red, blue, yellow) create a series of circles which should vary in value. Along with varying the value of the colors you will also be need to overlap your circles. In doing so you will be able to see what happens to color when they are overlapped.

On a second 6x6 square you will be asked to do the same as the pervious exercise, but instead of using just the primary colors you will also need to include the secondary colors as well (orange, green, purple). The secondary colors are located directly across from its primary color. These color combinations are called complements or complementary colors. Mixing or layering complementary colors is referred to as neutralizing. For example, if you mix red with a little bit of green you are going to get a darker and richer shade of red. For your assignment you will be required to neutralize colors in order to create a broader and richer range of color throughout your piece.

Linear Perspective

Rubric: Surrealist Dreamscape

Painting and Drawing

Category

4-Exceeds Expectations

3- Meets Expectations

2-Needs Improvement

1-Does not meet expectations

Surrealist Concept:

1. One manmade object that is in correct linear perspective

2. Must have a foreground middle ground and background

3. Evidence of atmospheric perspective

4. Must have biomorphic or naturalistic forms or surreal situation.

The student has developed a surrealist concept that includes all of the criteria on the far left column.

Three out of the four criteria are met

Two out of the four criteria are met

One or less of the criteria are met.

Dynamic Composition

1. The composition includes 4 or more objects or forms.

2. Three or more edges are going off the picture frame.

3. A ration of 60/40/ or 70/30 positive and negative space is apparent.

4. Varying spacing and overlapping of objects and forms to avoid even spread

The composition meets all the criteria listed on the far left column.

Three out of the four criteria are met.

Two out of the four criteria are met

One or less of the criteria is met.

Drawing Accuracy and use of Linear Perspective that includes: foreground, middle ground, and background.

Objects are accurately drawn paying close attention to the size, shape, angle, and proportion. The perspective of all objects is consistent (all objects sit on the same plane that recedes back into space).

For the most part objects are accurately drawn paying close attention to the size, shape, angle and proportion. One to two areas require more careful observation. One or two objects are not quite drawn to perspective.

Approximately ½ of the objects lack accuracy in size, shape, angle, and proportion. There is an overall lack of unity in perspective as more than ½ of forms are drawn from varying perspectives. More careful observations and analysis needed.

The majority of the objects are not accurately drawn. Size, shapes, angle and proportion are all off. One single perspective cannot be established as most if not all objects are drawn from varying perspectives.

Atmospheric Perspective

A clear foreground, middle ground and background are easily identifiable. Objects in the foreground are larger and more detailed and objects from the middle ground to background diminish in size and become more indistinct.

A clear foreground, middle ground, and background can be identified. The scale of one or two objects may be slightly off and need adjusting to perfect the perspective.

It is difficult to distinguish a clear sense of depth because a clear foreground, middle ground, and background cannot be distinguished because differences in the scale of the objects are too slight.

No sense of depth or space is apparent. All object share a common scale or the scale is so off that objects are scaled up in the background and objects are scaled down are in the foreground.

Conceptualizing and Development of ideas

Student developed four surrealist compositional ideas that meet all surrealist guidelines. Student shared and explained his/her ideas with peers as well as the teacher.

Student developed three surrealist compositions that meet most of the surrealist guidelines.

Student conversed somewhat with their peers and teacher.

Student developed two surrealist composition that meets some of the .

Student briefly discussed their design with their peer and teacher.

Student developed one design idea.

Student did not share ideas or feedback.

Application of color: displays form and volume

Color is applied in a way that clearly reveals forms and succeeds in creating the illusion of three-dimensional space. Student demonstrated how to neutralize color.

Student applied color to their painting in such a way that it is questionable if their application of color is intentional. Student’s objects show a general understanding of value and form. Most of the objects look three dimensional and show form and volume.

Student applied color to their painting in such a way that it is not clear if their color choice was intentional. Student shows little understanding of how to neutralize color. Some of the objects show clear form and volume.

Student was not mindful in the application color and it is clear that their choices were unintentional. Student shows no neutralization of color. Objects appear flat and one dimensional. No form or volume is shown.

Watercolor Technique

Excellent technique.

Student has complete control of the medium and applies watercolor with precision. Colors are mixed & application of pigment is smooth.

Good Technique.

1-2 areas required more attention to analysis to accurately represent the changes in color. 1-2 areas became runny.

More than half the painting requires more analysis of color. There are many areas where the paint ran and the color became muddy.

Little to no observation/analysis of color. Very messy/runny paint areas. Multiple

over scrubbed areas where original drawing is lost.