As part of their unit on shading and value, seventh graders learned about the Surrealist art movement. Surrealism began around 1920, and the works often have a dreamlike or odd quality. Many art historians see Surrealism as a reaction to the horrors of World War I, as artists struggled with the dissonance of normalcy versus life during wartime. Some of the most famous Surrealist art works are by Salvador Dali, who created the "melting clock" painting entitled The Persistence of Memory.
For this project, we explored Son of Man by Rene Magritte. This well-known, often parodied painting features one of Magritte's typical subjects, a man in a bowler hat.
Students used this painting as a jumping-off point for their own apple-centric Surrealist works. We had been working on shading to create dimensionality in apple drawings for quite a few weeks before this, and you can tell in their beautiful and technical depictions of the apples.
For this project, we explored Son of Man by Rene Magritte. This well-known, often parodied painting features one of Magritte's typical subjects, a man in a bowler hat.
Students used this painting as a jumping-off point for their own apple-centric Surrealist works. We had been working on shading to create dimensionality in apple drawings for quite a few weeks before this, and you can tell in their beautiful and technical depictions of the apples.
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