Fourth grade students discussed the art of Salvador Dali and surrealism. They drew their own animal with extended legs in the foreground, and then added middle and background to the drawing. Students were encouraged to place their animal in an unexpected setting, just as Dali's Elephants in the desert. The animals were traced with sharpie and colored with markers/water. The background was outlined with colored markers and chalk pastel. There was an extremely high success rate with the objectives and the students really enjoyed the project.
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Fourth grade culminated their color unit by creating a Dali bird project. They discussed art by Salvador Dali. Two of the pieces depict elephants with long stick-like legs. These became the inspiration for our project and I've seen versions of this by other art teachers. Students had to paint the background in color wheel order. They then drew five birds. One bird had to be primary colors, one was secondary colors and the other three birds were made up of complementary color sets. Students cut out their birds and glued them to the background. They added grass using oil pastels to mimic Monet's impressionistic style. They had learned that Dali was influenced by Monet. Finally, they added interesting lines as extensions of bird feathers and long legs similar to those of Dali's elephants. |
Mrs. Kendell
I was a graphic designer for many years, and then decided to make the leap into art education. I taught elementary art for 8 years. Archives
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