This document outlines lessons on surrealist art techniques for students. It includes instructions for creating art using post-it notes, matchboxes, and shoeboxes. Students are tasked with copying information, answering questions, and making drawings for different surrealist art projects across 6 lessons. Examples of surrealist artists like John Kenn, Eduardo Recife, and John Stezaker are provided as inspiration. The lessons guide students through creating small-scale surrealist art using common office and household supplies in a step-by-step manner.

1. Surrealism
8S/8CH

2. Lesson 1
• Post it note Art:
Born in Denmark 1978.
John Kenn writes and
directs television shows
for kids. But has recently
become famous for his
drawings of monsters on
post-it notes... “it is a
little window into a
different world, made on
office supplies”.

3. Lesson 1
• Post it note Art
Homework: Complete 6 post it note drawings
Task1:
Copy the paragraph
about the artist in
your sketchbooks.
Task2:
Answer the questions
on the board about
the image I have
handed out.
Task3:
Create 6 post it note
pieces of art using
inspiration from the
handouts. Only use
biro.

4. Lesson 2
• Matchbox Art
Task1:
Using inspiration from
the images on the
handouts create a
surrealist painting on
the top of your
matchbox.
Task2:
Create a concertina
booklet that fits inside
your matchbox and has
5 sides.
Task3:
Create a small
surrealist image on
each side of your
concertina

5. Lesson 3
• Alice In Wonderland
Task1:
Complete matchbox art
concertina from last lesson.
Task2:
Read the extract from ‘Alice
In Wonderland’.
Task3:
Create a 5 page concertina
to show a step by step story
board of the scene of a part
of the extract.
Homework: Complete concertina

6. Lesson 4
• Mad Hatters tea party – Shoe Box Concertina
Task:
Pick a seat at the
tea party and
draw the objects
in front of you to
fill 2 of the
squares on your
concertina. Use a
variety of
materials and
make the
drawings as
interesting and
detailed as you
can .

7. Lesson 5 & 6
SURREALISM COLLAGE
Eduardo Recife

8. JOHN STEZAKER:

9. EDUARDO RECIFE:
Eduardo Recife is an artist, illustrator,
graphic designer, and typographer from
Brazil. He is creator of Misprinted Type, a
website featuring his personal works,
collages, drawings, and typefaces