PLANNING FOR SURREALISM

PLANNING FOR SURREALISM

OBJECTIVE: YOU WILL USE BRAINSTORMING AND THUMBNAIL SKETCHES IN ORDER TO MAKE A PLAN FOR YOU SURREAL ARTWORK.

DRILL:1. USE YOUR ‘POWER POEM’,

SYMBOLISM WEBSITES, ANSWERS ABOUT YOUR YOUR LIFE TO LIST OBJECTS TO INCLUDE IN YOUR ARTWORK.

2. WHICH 5+ OR MORE OBJECTS WILL YOU DRAW IN YOUR SURREAL ARTWORK?

3. HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT LOOK SURREAL? (TRANSFORMATION, JUXTAPOSITION, REVERSAL OF NATURAL LAW, OR SUPER-IMPOSE)

4. DRAW A HORIZON LINE AND MAKE AT LEAST ONE SKETCH BEFORE YOU GET ON GOOD PAPER.

ASK MS GAUGER ABOUT THE POWER POEM.

QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR LIFE?• WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW?

• WHAT CHALLENGES DO YOU HAVE?

• WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL HAPPY?

• WHO ARE THE IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS FOR YOU?

• WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS?

• WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAPPEN? 

• WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS? 

• WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CREATE OR BRING INTO YOUR LIFE?

• WHAT IS A FLAW THAT YOU HAVE?

• WHAT COULD YOU CHANGE ABOUT YOUR LIFE?

OBJECTS BRAINSTORM

• EYES

• LIPS

• CLOUDS

• HATCHET

• THROWN

• CHESS PIECES

• BOAT

• SPACE SHIP

• SPOON

• DEER

• CLOCK

• Ipod• Butterfly• Bird• Phone• Dice• Sand castle• Cup• Water bottle• Lax stick• Feather• baseball

• football• Tree• Key• Horns• Stairs• Doorway• Window• Face• SCULPTURE• STATUES• buildings

A Gauger

A Gauger

A Gauger

NARRATIVE ARTOBJECTIVE: YOU WILL DEFINE AND

IDENTIFY NARRATIVE ART IN ORDER TO INTERPRET YOUR SURREALIST ARTWORK.

DRILL:

1. WHAT DOES NARRATIVE MEAN? A NARRATIVE IS…

2. WHAT DOES GENRE MEAN?

3. LIST AT LEAST 5 GENRES/ CULTURES THAT USE ART TO CREATE A NARRATIVE:

4. LIST EXAMPLES OF NARRATIVE ART:

TODAY YOU ARE GOING TO WRITE A STORY, POEM, OR SONG INSPIRED BY YOUR SURREAL ARTWORK.

A NARRATIVE IS…

• FINAL EXAM –

A NARRATIVE IS… ART THAT TELLS A STORY.

• DICTIONARY- THE ART OR PRACTICE OF NARRATING (TELLING STORIES).

CAVE PAINTINGS- PETROGLYPHS

What is this?

What is the subject (objects/ images)?Story?

Who made it?

LAST SUPPER- LEONARDO DA VINCI

What is this?What is the subject (objects/ images)?Story?Who made it?

TOMB PAINTINGS- HIEROGLYPHICS• WHAT IS THIS?

• WHAT IS THE SUBJECT (OBJECTS/ IMAGES)?

• STORY?

• WHO MADE IT?

CHINESE SCROLLS

• WHAT IS THIS?

• WHAT IS THE SUBJECT (OBJECTS/ IMAGES)?

• WHO MADE IT?

STAINED GLASS

• WHAT IS THIS?

• WHAT IS THE SUBJECT (OBJECTS/ IMAGES)?

• WHO MADE IT?

CHILDREN’S STORIES

COMICS WITHOUT WORDS

SYMBOLS

SHELL- REBIRTH

ARCH- GOAL, DREAMS, MY VISION OF FUTURE

FLOWERS IN TREE- MY FAMILY

HEAD WITH EYES OPEN- AWAKENING

GRASSHOPPER- LEAPING FORWARD

SPIDER’S WEB- CREATE YOUR OWN LIFE

BIRTH OF VENUS’ IDEALSBIRTH OF VENUS’ IDEALS

VENUS, THE IDEALIST, IS DREAMING.

SHE KNOWS THE WORLD COULD BE BETTER.

SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO HELP OTHERS BE HAPPIER AND MORE CREATIVE.

SHE TRANSFORMS INTO SLENDER GRASSHOPPER, FACING THE ARCH.

STAIRS INTIMIDATE BECAUSE THEY TAKE EFFORT, THEY TAKE TIME.

GRASSHOPPER IS PATIENT AND WAITS.

THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD ARE SIMPLY STEPS TOWARD THE GOAL,

LESSONS FOR GREATER LIVING.

ONE LARGE HOP TOWARD THE ARCHWAY.

FRIENDS AID IN THE BLOSSOMING OF THE IDEA.

THE DREAM WILL MANIFEST.

WAIT ONCE MORE, SITTING CLOSER TO THE ARCH.

ENLIGHTENMENT IS AHEAD.

CHANGE WILL BRING HARMONY.

GRASSHOPPER HEARS SPIDER WHISPER,

“IT’S YOUR WEB, WEAVE WHAT YOU LIKE.”

… AND GRASSHOPPER LEAPS THROUGH THE ARCH.

VENUS AWAKENS…

SKIES BLUSH TO VIOLET HUES.

THE WORLD IS REBORN…

LIKE VENUS FROM HER SHELL.

A Gauger

In the door.

A Gauger

WRITE YOUR NARRATIVE.1. TAKE TIME TO WRITE YOUR INTERPRETATION OF YOUR ARTWORK.

2. WHAT IS YOUR ARTWORK SAYING?

3. WHAT STORY COULD BE TOLD IF YOU WERE IN THE PICTURE?

4. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

5. HOW CAN YOU TIE YOUR SYMBOLISM INTO SENTENCES?

6. BE POETIC ~ WRITE A FANCY POEM

REQUIREMENTS:

MINIMUM OF5 SENTENCESOR 10 LINESIN A POEM.

BE CREATIVE!

TODAY’S GOAL:

1. WRITE MEANING FOR EACH OBJECT.

2. WRITE A STORY OR POEM TO NARRATE YOUR SURREAL ARTWORK.

3. WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED WRITING YOUR STORY, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD, PAINT, AND CREATE YOUR SCULPTURAL SURREAL ARTWORK.

SURREALISM SUGGESTIONS:1. 5 OBJECTS AT LEAST- LOOK AT YOUR POWER POEM FOR IDEAS, WHAT OBJECTS ? ___________________

2. LOOKS SURREAL- WHICH TECHNIQUE(S) DO YOU WANT TO USE?

3. HAS A 3D ELEMENT- ASSEMBLAGE, SCULPTURE, RELIEF, OR COLLAGE.

4. HAS SYMBOLISM AND TELLS A STORY (NARRATIVE)

5. HAS A HORIZON LINE/ DEPTH

6. LOOK AT IMAGES TO DRAW SOME OBJECTS.

DRAW A PLAN:• YOU PLAN COULD

HAVE:• A HORIZON LINE

• A MINIMUM OF 7 OBJECTS

• MEANING/ SYMBOLISM FOR THE OBJECTS

• IT SHOULD LOOK SURREAL

OBJECTIVE: YOU WILL DESCRIBE AND DEFINE SURREAL TECHNIQUES IN ORDER TO APPLY THEM TO YOUR

SURREAL ARTWORK.

A. LIST 3 REASONS THAT THIS ARTWORK IS SURREAL:

1.

2.

3.

B. WHAT 7 OBJECTS MIGHT YOU USE IN YOURS?

SURREALISM CRITERIA

1. 7 OBJECTS- SOMETHING ARCHITECTURAL, NATURAL OBJECT, SIMPLE FORM.

2. LOOKS SURREAL- USE SURREAL TECHNIQUES.

3. SHADED TO LOOK 3D (20 PTS)

4. NARRATIVE ART- TELLS A STORY, HAS MEANING- VISUAL GLOSSARY OF SYMBOLISM