Design a digital dreamscape
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use a variety of digital tools to manipulate images to create a digital dreamscape.
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.
Teacher tip
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.
Equipment
Computer/tablet
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tone can only be achieved with charcoal.
Q2.Which composition style could be useful to an artist?
Q3.Artists always make artwork based upon something they have seen in the real world.
Q4.How can overlapping images help an artist to share what is most important in their artwork?
Q5.Which of these statements about photographs are not true?
Q6.Digital manipulation means to an image using digital technology.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Photographic images always reflect reality.
Q2.A cropping tool can be used to ...
Q3. means to change or alter an image using digital technology.
Q4.An artist can images to add depth to their composition.
To help you plan your 4 art and design lesson on: Design a digital dreamscape, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 4 art and design lesson on: Design a digital dreamscape, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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