Surrealistic painters like Marc Chagall and Wendy Rouse show viewers an expansive world in a small area. Young artists have a opportunity to create their own surrealistic paintings in response to a study of works by Chagall and Rouse.

Concepts

magical realism, surrealism, tempera paint, painting, painting techniques, symbolism, symbolism in art, texture, shapes

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Additional Tags

visual and performing arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a gallery of Chagall's and Rouse's paintings and add the works of class members at the end of the unit

Classroom Considerations

• Requires art supplies including white paper or stretched canvases, sketching pencils, tempera points, paintbrushes, and water containers
• Includes a list of the National Standards for Visual Arts addressed by the lesson

Pros

• The four-page resource includes vocabulary and materials lists, the 3-day plan, discussion questions, and a rubric for the project

Cons

• Neither a suggested list of Chagall's paintings nor a link to his works is provided

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a