an art movement that began in the 1920s, known for its strange and unusual artworks

the part of our mind that makes decisions instinctively, without actively thinking

to use images to express what you think or feel

Art about dreams

Art and design

Illustrate a piece of text about dreams

Make a portrait of a sleeping person

Add tone to your sleeping portrait

Surreal dreamscape collage

Design a digital dreamscape

This unit explores how dreams have inspired artists, especially the Surrealists. Pupils will illustrate a piece of dream text, then learn how to draw and shade a sleeping portrait, before transforming it into a digital design.

Dream portraits: drawing and digital design

an art movement known for its landscape paintings

an art movement that aims to represent things realistically

an art movement known for its strange and unusual artworks

an art movement known for its broad brushstrokes

Which of the following artists are Surrealists?

within art, this is the sharing of what we think about what we see

Surrealist artists only used their dreams for inspiration.

Some Surrealist artworks contain strange objects that don't belong together.

There were both male and female artists working in a Surrealist style.

Sharing an {{ }} is a way of responding to an artwork.

A visual response is how we share what we think or feel about an artwork by using images.

Opinions about an artwork can be different.

Artists can work in a range of materials including oil paint, mixed media and ...

Which of these materials is not a drawing tool?

You can use a {{ }} to edit artwork digitally.

a group of artworks or artists that have a similar style or ideas.

a group of artworks or artists that are from the same country.

a group of artworks or artists that create work at different times.

Look carefully at what you are sketching.

Put the steps in the correct order for sketching a simple picture.

Starter Quiz

Opinions about an artwork can be different.