Medium: Adobe Photoshop
Time: 1 Weeks
Grade: 9-12
Art Element: Line, Color, Texture, Space, Value
Artist Focus: Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo
Objective: Create a surreal illustration focusing {focus on Dodge, Burn and Gradient for dimension}
Tool: Pen, Brush, Selection, Dodge/Burn, Gradient, Tool & Filtering
Phase 1: Brainstorm ideas for illustration. Have students sketch ideas on paper.
Tip: It helps to suggest combining two or more elements/objects for their illustration
Phase 1 continued: Once student sketches are complete, discuss, critique and scan. Original drawings may be used as the base for their Graphic {requiring students to use their drawing as a graphic template will give the Finished graphic an illustrative look.}
* All artwork generated by the following students grade 9-12: [see below] [Aubrey L..] [Natalie T.] [Avalon N] [Mark G..] [Marcus M.] [Tempeste J.] [Kenny B.] [Deandre S.]
![Untitled](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8413235811_d02e8789d0_o.jpg)
Time: 1 Weeks
Grade: 9-12
Art Element: Line, Color, Texture, Space, Value
Artist Focus: Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo
Objective: Create a surreal illustration focusing {focus on Dodge, Burn and Gradient for dimension}
Tool: Pen, Brush, Selection, Dodge/Burn, Gradient, Tool & Filtering
Phase 1: Brainstorm ideas for illustration. Have students sketch ideas on paper.
Tip: It helps to suggest combining two or more elements/objects for their illustration
![surrealintroa](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8045/8413462657_237dda0579_o.jpg)
![Untitled](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8087/8413235809_8612c97963_o.jpg)
Phase 1 continued: Once student sketches are complete, discuss, critique and scan. Original drawings may be used as the base for their Graphic {requiring students to use their drawing as a graphic template will give the Finished graphic an illustrative look.}
* All artwork generated by the following students grade 9-12: [see below] [Aubrey L..] [Natalie T.] [Avalon N] [Mark G..] [Marcus M.] [Tempeste J.] [Kenny B.] [Deandre S.]
![Untitled](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8413235811_d02e8789d0_o.jpg)
Phase 2: Dodge and burn Tutorial [DEMO this tutorial after students finish their illustration sketches]
![Untitled](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8073/8413375265_24fb58d651_o.jpg)
Step 1: Provide a graphic for the students to work on while you demo the Dodge and Burn tool
* I generated a simple telephone graphic using the Pen tool
![Untitled](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8071/8414475122_13c59eee4f_o.jpg)
Step 2: Select one of the layers
Step 3: Select the Burn or Dodge {soft edge brush and lower the opacity to 25 percent
![Untitled](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8074/8413375247_d08834acd6_o.jpg)
Step 4: Discuss shading & value. Have students experiment using the burn and Dodge tool on the selected layer
![Untitled](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8501/8414475118_9dfd53025b_o.jpg)
Step 5: Allow students to create dimension with various layer styles on the remaining layers of the graphic.
Layer->Layer style->Bevel Emboss, Drop Shadow etc.
![Untitled](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8228/8413375255_a27a8b4fb0_o.jpg)
![Untitled](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8467/8413375269_7717f23318_o.jpg)
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Class: Graphic Design I
Grade: 9-12
State: NJ
Teachers Artwork: [Website]