Starter quiz
- Opinions about an artwork can be different.
- True ✓
- False
- Artists can work in a range of materials including oil paint, mixed media and ...
- sculpture.
- charcoal. ✓
- design.
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- Which of these materials is not a drawing tool?
- sticks
- ball-point pen
- charcoal
- clay ✓
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- You can use a ______ to edit artwork digitally.
- computer/tablet ✓
- pencil
- crayon
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- An art movement is ...
- 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.
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- Put the steps in the correct order for sketching a simple picture.
- 1⇔Start with light, simple shapes.
- 2⇔Look carefully at what you are sketching.
- 3⇔Add more detail to your shapes.
- 4⇔Draw the final lines darker.
- 5⇔Erase any unwanted lines.
Exit quiz
- What does the term Surrealism mean?
- 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
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- Which of the following artists are Surrealists?
- Salvador Dali ✓
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Leonora Carrington ✓
- Pablo Picasso
- Wifredo Lam ✓
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- Match the keyword to its definition.
- opinion⇔within art, this is the sharing of what we think about what we see ✓
- visual response⇔to use images to express what you think or feel ✓
- dreams⇔the ideas we have while we are sleeping ✓
- Which of the following are true?
- 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. ✓
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- Sharing an ______ is a way of responding to an artwork.
- 'opinion' ✓
- A visual response is how we share what we think or feel about an artwork by using images.
- True ✓
- False
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Key learning points
- Some Surrealist artworks are inspired by dreams and the subconscious of the artist.
- Surrealist artworks are distinctive because they often contain images that don’t belong together.
- Strange or unusual things often happen in Surrealist artworks.
- Opinions about an artwork can be shared with a verbal and a visual response.
Common misconception
Opinions about an artwork can only be shared through words.
Remind children that we can share our opinions about an artwork with both a verbal and a visual response. It is another way of telling others what interests us most about an artwork.
Keywords
Surrealism - an art movement that began in the 1920s, known for its strange and unusual artworks
Dreams - the ideas we have while we are sleeping
Subconscious - the part of our mind that makes decisions instinctively, without actively thinking
Visual response - to use images to express what you think or feel
Opinion - what you think about something
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