Dali Lesson Instructions

Mrs. Natalie HurdComputer Assisted Art

For this Project you will be expected to have the 4 main elements of Surrealism

present in your final image:• Levitation - To rise or cause to rise into

the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity.

• Transformation - A thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.

• Scale change – Scale is the dimensional element defined by other elements of design size relative to art, its surroundings, or in relation to humans.

• Juxtaposition - an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

• Before you begin to work on the Project, go on the Internet and search for interesting “Public domain” photos. Save to a folder on your computer. Be sure to include a wide variety of subjects to use in your surreal art!

My Folder:

Go to Pixlr and open Advanced Editor.Create a New Image. Keep the size 600x800. Open the first image you want to work with.

Using the marquee tool, select the area you want to use from the image. Go to “edit” and click “copy”. Now make the blank canvas active by clicking on it and hit “paste”. The part of the image you just cut should be pasted in the blank canvas. Use the “move” tool to place it where you want it in your canvas.

Continue opening each image you want to use, resizing, if needed to make images larger or smaller, use the marquee tool or the Lasso to cut it out and the move tool to place into your surreal art canvas.

Lasso tool will cut your image more precisely… drag the mouse carefully to cut out your image.

For further Study on the Lasso Tool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-MssQxb2ok

See the dotted lines after outlining the object? Go to edit ->copy: edit -> paste, to insert it into the Surreal canvas. Make sure the Surreal canvas is active before you paste. Use the Move tool to place the object on your canvas where you want it.

Continue doing this until you have finished your Surreal

Canvas!• You can use the erase tool to clean up

any messy edges from cutting and pasting.

When you have your Surreal Canvas finished…• Go to “Layer” -> “Merge Down”

Then crop if necessary. Save your finished Surreal Art Project for your Portfolio.

My Finished Project:

Have fun with this project and get creative!!!!!!