FIRST TASK
At the beginning and in teams by 4, they read a piece of Dalí’s biography . There are 4 groups and each group has got different pieces, but the members of the group has the same. Then they draw this information, because after they tell others groups . Finally, they try to guess who is and they watch different videos about his life and paintings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WixEvXAkrZo ( A report)
Here you can see the works of art.
SECOND TASK
They analyze the repeated elements in his paintings and his meanings.
Each group has to analyze and write them in a worksheet. After they draw 3 elements that they want or like in a grid. The elements will be in black and white at the top and in colour at the bottom.
Dif paintings student ( Examples where you can see the most representative Dalí’s elements)
THIRD TASK
They work in 3D: they use printed images about wild animals, they cut it like a jigsaw, but they stick it in different way. They try to show with this the perspective. The background is filled in with drawings or is painted.
Tiger ( This Dalí’s painting is called “Fifty Abstract Paintings”).
FOURTH TASK
They practise circles with a compass and make a scrap about a composition of circles. After they draw and colour the composition using the compass.
This work is an introduction to ” Tecnichal Drawing” and moreover they use this tecnique to make a version about Dalí’s painting called “Galatea of Spheres”.
You can watch this video with the hanged works.
FIFTH TASK
This task is called ” ME of Spheres”,because they try to make a version of ” Galatea of Spheres”.
They take photos about themselves with different emotions. Then they paint with watercolours the background of the sheet and they draw and cut circles in the printed photo using a compass, after stick the circles on the painted sheet. Moreover they write the word about the emotion using the computer.
WHO ARE THEY?
SIXTH TASK
Dalí has got lots of paintings about portraits and self portraits, so they are FACES.
Then they make MASKS with cardboards, foam, coloured papers,… Firstly they write different lists about; jobs, animals, food and film characters; they look for an inspiration and when they find it, they start to work.
At the end they do an oral presentation, where they have to explain their mask : Name, Introduction, Description, Representation, Feelings and Opinion. The others have to write an assessment about the mask and the oral presentation. They have to fill in their own oral presentation rubric too.
Let’s have a look! They are really FANTASTIC MASKS 🙂 🙂