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Group: Everest Date: 29th June – Week 5 Subject: Art and DesignLearning Outcome:

• To develop creative thinking and imagination - looking at the world around you differently.• Continue development of controlled use of line.• Explore the media of photography and composition.• To begin to understand 3 new technical words and explain their meanings.

Learning Task: Last week’s task was quite specific, involving measuring, accuracy, a little bit of perspective, observation, attention to detail and using tone to create form. It had a specific outcome.

This week is a little more creative – I want you to turn the ordinary into extraordinary!FIRST: How often do you notice the things around you? Do you pay attention to the piece of rubbish on the grass as you walk along the path? Look at the pictures below. If you look again you may see it’s an orange peel, if you look closer you may see the smiling face.

The problem with seeing is that we rarely give objects in our environment a second thought. When you were little you paid attention to everything you saw. This is because everything was new and interesting. You looked at things like door knobs, pebbles, leaves, toys with wonder.As you get older these things became trivial (less important), normal, so we have learned to ignore them.

NEXT: Have you heard of the term anthropomorphism? It is pronounced (said) like this an·thruh·puh·maw·fuh·zm, you can listen , by clicking on the link: https://www.google.com/search?q=anthropomorphism+pronunciation&rlz=1C1DIMC_enGB866GB866&oq=anthropomorphism+pr&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l6.4815j1j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8It means giving human characteristics to animals or objects. For example, anthropomorphism has been used to create a lot of cartoon characters like Micky Mouse.

What about juxtaposition or metamorphosis?These sound like complicated words but there are clues within them. Both of these terms are used a lot in the art movement Surrealism. Juxtaposition is when two objects are positioned together, but they normally wouldn’t go together or have be positioned together in an unusual way. Metamorphosis is when one object morphs (slowly changes) into another. The most well-known example is of a mermaid, but can apply to superheroes or villains like the X-men or Hulk.

This picture of a sculpture is by famous Surrealist artist Salvador Dali, does it use juxtaposition or metamorphosis?

THEN: Now I would like you to look around your home and pick 5 ‘boring’ or everyday objects that you don’t really pay attention to. For each one you are going to put it on a piece of paper and turn it into something something else. You could just do a line drawing, or you can add colour and detail. The only limit is your imagination. If you are stuck you can look at my Pinterest board below, but I want to see YOUR ideas, not copies of these ones. Remember to take photos of your work and put the objects back where you got them from when you are finished, the art work is the photograph.

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FINALLY: You need to look around you home or in your local area (on a walk), and try to find faces in everyday objects. I would like you so see find them occurring natural, but if oyu can’t find anything like the examples below then you may stage them. This means placing objects together to create a face. Again I have given you a link to one of my Pinterest boards that show faces in the world around us. Remember to take a photograph and to send them to me via email.

Key questions: What does trivial mean? Explain the meaning of anthropomorphism in your own words. Explain and give an example of juxtaposition. Explain and give an example of metamorphosis.Links to useful websites/ video clips: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/surrealismhttps://www.pinterest.co.uk/KGayArt/september-ideas/everyday-object-doodles/https://www.pinterest.co.uk/KGayArt/anthropomorphism/Ways you can feedback: Take a photograph of your work and send it to kgay@thepeakacademy.org it may even get shared on the school twitter feed. Remember for every piece of work you send in you could earn up to 5 praise points and points = rewards.