Studying surrealism

Fifth grade students were introduced to Salvador Dali and the Surrealists. They watched a video clip from YouTube about surrealism called Get Surreal! With Salvador Dali. Students learned they can make ordinary drawings and paintings surreal by using some of the same techniques the surrealists used; juxtaposition, metamorphosis, dislocation and transformation. Then the students got creative and drew and painted their own surrealist painting. They had to explain which technique they used in their painting to make their artwork surreal.