WHO'S THIS MAN?

• Is he an actor?

• Is he a scientist?

• Is he a writer?

What do you think?

• His name is Jean Dubuffet.

• He was born in France in 1901.

• He was a painter and a sculptor.

• He used different techniques and materials for his art works such as: oil, sand, straw, tar..

• He liked children's drawings and paintings.

• His favourite colours were: yellow, red, blue and white.

Can you name the materials?• Oil

• Straw

• Tar

• Sand

What were his favourite colours?

Information about his technique:

• His art work was surrealistic.

• He used different shapes.

· We use our imagination to understand the pictures.

· Some of them haven't got

sense. • HAVE A LOOK TO

HIS ART WORK!!!!

His own portrait.

This is one of his sculptures.

He liked experimenting with different materials: sand, tar, straw, oil...

Some of his 3D figures.

Let's watch a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0HvEJnyRJo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef1-jdX4nuI

Answer these questions:

What's his name?

Where is he from

What materials did he use?

Can you name some of his favourite colours?

Is he an abstract or a surrealistic artist?

Make your own portrait.

. Draw your head.

. Colour it like Dubuffet.

Creating sculptures

. Draw a surrealistic picture on the cardboard.

. Cut it out.

. Make the sculpture.

Let's make a big collage.

• Draw shapes using different materials, like construction paper, cardboard...

• Colour and cut them.

• Paste the shapes on the poster.

• Have look at Dubuffet's original collage.