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Design a digital dreamscape
I can use a variety of digital tools to manipulate images to create a digital dreamscape.
Lesson 6 of 6
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- Year 4
Design a digital dreamscape
I can use a variety of digital tools to manipulate images to create a digital dreamscape.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Artists can digitally manipulate images and photographs using crop, saturation and contrast adjustment tools.
- Shapes and colour can be used to fill a digital space.
- An artist can overlap images to add depth to their composition.
Keywords
Digital manipulation - to change or alter an image using digital technology
Adjustment tools - to use tools such as contrast, brightness or crop to change an image
Depth - where an artwork looks like it is three dimensional
Common misconception
Photographic images always reflect reality.
Remind children that photographic images can be digitally manipulated using a computer or digital software, they do not always reflect reality.
Most digital editing apps contain brightness, contrast and crop as adjustment tools, but the lesson can be adapted with further editing tools if they are available to you.
Teacher tip
Equipment
Computer/tablet
Licence
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Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tone can only be achieved with charcoal.
Tone can only be achieved with charcoal.
True
Q2.Which composition style could be useful to an artist?
Which composition style could be useful to an artist?
square
circular
Q3.Artists always make artwork based upon something they have seen in the real world.
Artists always make artwork based upon something they have seen in the real world.
True
Q4.How can overlapping images help an artist to share what is most important in their artwork?
How can overlapping images help an artist to share what is most important in their artwork?
by using different colours
by using different shapes
Q5.Which of these statements about photographs are not true?
Which of these statements about photographs are not true?
Photographs can be cropped.
Photographs can have their contrast digitally changed.
Q6.Digital manipulation means to an image using digital technology.
Digital manipulation means to an image using digital technology.
recognise
pick
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Photographic images always reflect reality.
Photographic images always reflect reality.
True
Q2.A cropping tool can be used to ...
A cropping tool can be used to ...
add to an image.
edit and colour an image.
Q3. means to change or alter an image using digital technology.
means to change or alter an image using digital technology.
Digital media
Digital scene
Q4.An artist can images to add depth to their composition.
An artist can images to add depth to their composition.
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overuse
