Surrealist landscape

WI State Standards:

AA Cr10h
Investigate: Engage in critical thinking, problem solving, and research through elements and principles of art and design studio practices and processes.
(aesthetics / problem solving)
AA Cr12h
Make: Create works of art that introduce students to media, care of tools, and basic craftsmanship skills.
(skills)
AA Pr10h
Develop meaning: Create s body of work incorporating personal, historical, and contemporary art to communicate one or morepoints of view.
(aesthetics / communication)

Learning objectives

Explore surrealism art style
Careful project planning (from idea to sketches, image bank, etc.)
Advanced Photoshop skills:
- selections
- image manipulations
- color/tone adjustments
Creative approach to use of photographs
Create a "mood" artwork with use of shadows and lighting effects

Surrealism: An avant-garde movement in art and literature that seeks to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. Another definition might be "Beautiful imagery which makes no sense."

That’s what the assignment is. A beautiful visual image which makes no sense, yet makes perfect sense.

Create an imaginary landscape or a city scene.. Make it weird, surreal and beautiful.

Please note that this is not a "cut-and-paste then add some wacky filters" free-for-all. We’re looking for art here, and so are you!

examples

STEPS

Combine at least 3 different landscapes

To distort: use Warp, Liquify filter, and other Transform tools

Use images of rocks or mountains, flip them upside down to serve as bottoms of floating elements

Make it dramatic.

Add all drop shadows where needed.

Adjust colors and levels to match each other and the picture overall.

Incorporate structures if needed

Incorporate everyday objects if needed

Add-on objects should interact and be incorporated into landscape, not just pasted.

Final assignment should look as realistic as possible.