BELL WORK Read the Artist Statement on your

BELL WORK • Read the Artist Statement on your table. • As a group discuss: • What kind of work do you imagine this artist makes? • What does it look like? • What kind of color palette can you imagine his work must be in?

Greg “Craola” Simkins The Tea Bringer

Hold That Tiger

Rook’s Move

The Wealthy Traveler

Time Will Tell

Project Definitions • 1. SURREALISM – 20 th century artistic style in which dreams, fantasy, and the subconscious served as inspiration for artists. • 2. SALVADOR DALI – Spanish surrealist painter and printmaker. • 3. HYBRID CREATURE – An imaginary animal that is created using distortion, exaggeration, and illogical combinations of body parts from several animals.

Salvador Dali The Elephants (design for the Opera La Dama Spagnola e il Cavaliere) Like Dali’s The Elephants , sometimes pairing the most dissimilar features helps to exaggerate and emphasize an idea or tone. However, different moods from magical to ferocious can be achieved by using unique combinations. Choose the idea and mood you find most appealing.

HYBRID CREATURE • You will create an imaginary creature using distortion, exaggeration, and illogical combinations of body parts from several animals. After completing the new creature, you will place it in an equally illogical setting that contrasts with the creature.

SCALE • 4 - Students are able to create their own ‘Hybrid Creature’ family unit in the likes of Salvador Dali, using distortion, exaggeration, and illogical combinations of body parts of several animals. Students will then place their animal in an equally illogical setting • 3. Students are able to create their own ‘Hybrid Creature’ in the likes of Salvador Dali, using distortion, exaggeration, and illogical combinations of body parts of several animals. Students will then place their animal in an equally illogical setting. • 2. Students are able to create their own Hybrid Creature using some of the requirements of distortion, exaggeration, and illogical combinations. • 1. Students are able to create their own Hybrid Creature using some of the requirements with help.

How we will begin: • You will begin by sketching a favorite animal. Make several sketches of possible combinations that exchange features such as the head, neck, legs, wings, tail, ears, texture, or animal skin with other animals. Remember that your creature can be based on scientific facts, fiction, or fantasy.

HYBRID EXAMPLES

Don’t steal ideas!!! Make your own animal!!!! I have seen these two WAY TOO MANY TIMES!!!

Settings/Background ideas

SELF EVALUATION: RUBRIC: 15 points: Student has used distortion, exaggeration, and illogical combinations of body parts of several animals. 15 points: Students placed their animal in an equally illogical setting. 15 points: Student has used good craftsmanship. Work is free of stray marks and folds in the paper. 15 points: Rendering is completed in a conscientious and skillful way. • DESCRIBE- What parts have you used to create your imaginary creature? Identify the features you have distorted and exaggerated. Describe things you have added to create an illogical background. • ANALYZE- Explain how you used distortion and exaggeration to create your creature. Describe the colors and textures you used for the creature and the background. Use any of the other formal elements in your analysis • Describe the mood, theme, or idea you have created. Explain how combining various body parts, changing proportion, and applying color and texture affect the mood of your work. • JUDGE- Have you successfully combined, distorted, and exaggerated the features of your animal to emphasize an idea or mood? Is there anything you would change?