Daydream Painting
PROCEDURE: 1. I took pics of my Year 8 students pretending to daydream. I printed them out on photo paper so that we would have a high quality image. 2. Art Appreciation: we looked at Surrealism and Surrealist artists like Dali. We explored the idea of non realistic objects and how emotion can be created by the placement of objects (composition. 3. We looked at composition techniques - Rule of Thirds, leading lines, framing, horizon placement and types of perspective. 4. Students had to create a surrounding background design that showed the viewer what they were daydreaming about. They had to consider composition, colour schemes, etc. 5. Once a design was decided upon, it was drawn up onto a canvas. The portrait was cut around, placed into position within the background design and traced around. The portrait photo was glued onto the artwork last . 6. Students began their paintings by "blocking in" shapes. This artwork created an opportunity for students to learn how t