Lesson 13

The Final Idea

Take your best surreal spark and DEVELOP it — changed, composed, artist-influenced, annotated.

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→DEVELOP

Change it · Compose it · Influence it.A final idea is a developed drawing, not a neat copy.

Learning Objective:

Develop an initial idea into a final idea (change, don't copy)
Use composition choices deliberately
Show clear artist influence and annotate why

Key words: develop · refine · composition · influence · juxtaposition · annotate

Teacher Print Tools

Pack: KO · development reference · quiz · idea sheet with thumbnail boxes · scaffolds · exit · feedback.

Bridge

You have sparks 💭 — today one becomes THE idea 🎯

Last lesson: a finished tonal eye + combo thumbnails. Today: pick your strongest combo and develop it into a full final idea page.

💭 Initial idea

Tiny, rough, fast. Its only job was to catch the idea before it escaped.

🎯 Final idea

Bigger, composed, changed. It shows an artist's influence and carries annotations explaining every choice.

Tell your partner which combo you're taking forward — and ONE thing you already know you'll change about it.

"It shouldn't be the same as your initial idea — it should show development."

Retrieval Quiz

Arrival Task — Retrieval Quiz (Do Now)

Answer from memory. Surrealists and the language of ideas.

1) What is Surrealism about?

Dreams and the unconscious — strange, dreamlike images.

2) Which is a Surrealist artist we've studied?

René Magritte, Salvador Dalí or Hannah Höch.

3) What is a thumbnail sketch?

A tiny, rough sketch used to test an idea quickly.

4) What is an annotation?

Short notes explaining what you did and why.

1) What does juxtaposition mean?

Placing unrelated things together for a strange, dreamlike effect.

2) Hannah Höch built her images using…

Photomontage — cutting and combining photographs.

3) What is Dalí famous for melting?

Clocks (The Persistence of Memory).

4) What does composition mean?

How the parts of an image are arranged on the page.

1) Copying an artist vs being influenced by one?

Copying repeats their image; influence borrows their technique or idea for YOUR image.

2) To develop an idea means to…

To change and improve it — new composition, scale, setting or media, not a neater copy.

3) Why make several ideas before one final piece?

To test, compare and refine — the best final pieces come from choosing, not guessing.

4) How could scale make an image surreal?

Making something impossibly big or small — a room-sized eye, a person-sized moth.

Starter

Starter — Steal Like a Surrealist 🕵️

30 seconds. Magritte took an ordinary eye and swapped ONE thing. What was it — and why does one swap beat ten?

👩‍🏫 Teacher: show the real The False Mirror (1929) on the board. Below is a classroom evocation.

An eye… whose iris is a cloudy sky.

Magritte swapped the ______ for ______

One swap works better than ten because…

The Surrealist secret: keep MOST of the image believable. One impossible change hits harder than chaos.

I Do

I Do: Develop, Don't Copy 🔁

Four moves turn a thumbnail into a final idea. Reveal them in order.

Step 0 of 4every move gets annotated

1️⃣ Start from the spark

Redraw your chosen thumbnail bigger — half a page minimum.

2️⃣ Change ONE big thing

Composition, scale, setting or viewpoint. Development must be visible.

3️⃣ Add artist influence

Borrow a technique or idea from Magritte, Dalí or Höch — make it obvious.

4️⃣ Annotate the WHY

Label 3 choices: "I changed… I borrowed… I placed… because…"

A final idea is my thumbnail drawn neater — it is my thumbnail developed and changed. If nothing changed, nothing developed.

We Do

We Do: Composition Roulette 🎡

Composition is a CHOICE — so let's practise choosing. Spin, then everyone re-sketches their idea as a 90-second thumbnail using that composition. Two rounds, in the back of your book.

🎡 Ready?

Tap SPIN to get your first composition challenge.

Rounds: 0

Same idea every round — only the ARRANGEMENT changes. Keep both thumbnails: they are development evidence.

After round two: which arrangement made your idea stronger — and will it become your final idea's composition?

We Do

We Do: Borrow From the Masters 🎨

Influence must be visible. Tap each artist to reveal exactly HOW to borrow from them — then tell your partner which one your final idea will use.

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René Magritte

The quiet trickster

Borrow: one impossible swap in a believable scene. Paint your eye realistically — but replace the iris with sky, sea or fire. Flat, calm, clean edges.

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Salvador Dalí

The dream engineer

Borrow: melting, stretching, distortion. Let your eye droop over a ledge like his clocks, or stretch its reflection into a dream landscape with long shadows.

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Hannah Höch

The photomontage pioneer

Borrow: cut-and-fuse. Combine your drawn eye with cut or collaged fragments — magazine textures, printed skies — so drawing and photo collide.

Tell your partner: which artist is YOUR final idea borrowing from, and what exactly will you take?

Naming the borrow now = an easy annotation later.

Independent Work

Independent Work — Draw Your Final Idea 🎯

Half a page minimum, pencil first. Title the page: Final Idea.

📋 In order

1. Redraw your chosen thumbnail BIG.
2. Change one big thing (use your roulette winner).
3. Add your artist borrow, visibly.
4. Label 3 choices with arrows + notes.

🪄 Annotation WAGOLL

✓ DEVELOPMENT NAMED✓ ARTIST NAMED✓ REASON GIVEN

🌟 Higher / finished early? Sketch a 5 cm "rejected version" beside it and annotate why the final idea beats it — examiners love visible decision-making.

Stuck on what to change? Pick one: viewpoint (look UP at the eye) · scale (eye as a landscape) · setting (eye in a doorway, on a moth's wing) · multiply it (a sky full of eyes).

Exit Ticket

Exit Ticket ✊

No notes. Show what stuck.

1) What is the difference between an initial idea and a final idea?

Initial = tiny rough test; final = bigger, developed, changed and annotated.

2) Which artist did you borrow from today?

Magritte, Dalí or Höch — with the borrow named.

3) What does composition mean?

How the parts of an image are arranged on the page.

1) Name the four develop-don't-copy moves.

Redraw the spark bigger, change one big thing, add artist influence, annotate the why.

2) What ONE big thing did you change, and from what?

Personal — e.g. "I changed the viewpoint from front-on to looking up."

3) Why keep your rough roulette thumbnails?

They are evidence of development — they show HOW the final idea was chosen.

1) Explain the difference between copying and influence.

Copying repeats an artist's image; influence borrows their technique or thinking for your own image.

2) Why does one impossible swap beat ten?

A believable scene with one wrong thing unsettles the viewer; chaos just reads as random.

3) What will the Test Lab need to answer next lesson?

Which media and which background suit my final idea best — tested, not guessed.

Knowledge Organiser (L13): The Final Idea

Name: ____________________ Class: __________ Date:

Learning objectives

Develop an initial idea into a final idea (change, don't copy)
Use composition choices deliberately
Show clear artist influence and annotate why

Success criteria — tick when you can

☐ I redrew my thumbnail bigger ☐ I changed one big thing ☐ My artist borrow is visible ☐ I labelled 3 choices with reasons

Move	What it means
1. Start from the spark	Redraw the chosen thumbnail half a page or bigger
2. Change ONE big thing	Composition, scale, setting or viewpoint
3. Add artist influence	Borrow a technique from Magritte, Dalí or Höch
4. Annotate the WHY	3 labelled choices, each with "because…"

Artist	What to borrow
Magritte	One impossible swap in a believable, calm scene
Dalí	Melting, stretching, dream landscapes, long shadows
Höch	Cut-and-fuse photomontage; drawing meets collage

Key distinctions

Copying repeats an artist's image; influence borrows their thinking for yours. Initial idea = fast test; final idea = developed, composed, annotated.

Self-quiz — cover the answers, write, then check

The four development moves? — Redraw bigger, change one big thing, add influence, annotate why.
What did Magritte swap in The False Mirror? — The iris for a cloudy sky.
What does composition mean? — How parts of an image are arranged.

Common mark-losers

Final idea identical to the thumbnail (no development) · influence claimed but invisible · annotations that describe ("this is an eye") instead of explain ("I placed it off-centre because…").

Memory hooks

"Change one BIG thing." · "Borrow the trick, not the picture." · "Every arrow needs a because."

Development reference — keep beside you

Word	Meaning
Develop	Change and improve an idea — not a neater copy
Refine	Small improvements to a developed idea
Composition	How the parts are arranged on the page
Juxtaposition	Unrelated things fused for a dreamlike effect
Influence	Borrowing an artist's technique or thinking

Golden rule: if nothing changed, nothing developed.

Arrival Task — Retrieval Quiz (Do Now)

Foundation

1) What is Surrealism about?

2) Name one Surrealist artist we studied.

3) What is a thumbnail sketch?

4) What is an annotation?

Middle

1) What does juxtaposition mean?

2) What technique did Hannah Höch use?

3) What is Dalí famous for melting?

4) What does composition mean?

Higher

1) Copying vs influence — the difference?

2) What does it mean to develop an idea?

3) Why make several ideas before one final piece?

4) How could scale make an image surreal?

Steal Like a Surrealist

Magritte swapped the ______ for ______.

One swap works better than ten because…

Final Idea development sheet

Composition Roulette — same idea, two arrangements (90 seconds each):

Round 1 — challenge: ______________

Round 2 — challenge: ______________

My artist borrow: Magritte / Dalí / Höch — I am taking:

Annotation frame — finish all three:

I developed my idea by ______________________________ because

I borrowed ______________________ from ______________ because

I placed / arranged ______________________________ because

Scaffolding – Foundation

Order: redraw big → change ONE thing → add your borrow → 3 labels.

Change ideas: look UP at it · make it giant · put it somewhere strange.

Label starter: "I changed ______ because ______."

Scaffolding – Middle

Your roulette winner IS your composition — use it, don't default to centre-of-page.

Influence check: could a stranger name your artist just by looking? If not, push the borrow harder.

Annotations explain, never describe: every arrow ends in "because".

Scaffolding – Higher

Combine two borrows deliberately (e.g. Magritte's swap + Dalí's shadow) and say why they work together.

Add a small rejected version and annotate why the final idea beats it — visible decision-making.

Think ahead: which media will this idea NEED? Note your prediction for the Test Lab.

Independent – Foundation

☐ Thumbnail redrawn big ☐ One big change made ☐ Artist borrow visible ☐ 3 labels with "because" ☐ Page titled Final Idea

Independent – Middle

☐ Half page+ drawing ☐ Roulette composition used ☐ Borrow a stranger could name ☐ 3 explaining annotations ☐ Roulette thumbnails kept as evidence

Independent – Higher

☐ Deliberate composition ☐ Two borrows combined with reasons ☐ Rejected version + why ☐ Media prediction noted for the Test Lab

Exit Ticket – Foundation

1) Initial idea vs final idea — the difference?

2) Which artist did you borrow from?

3) What does composition mean?

Exit Ticket – Middle

1) Name the four development moves.

2) What ONE big thing did you change?

3) Why keep your rough thumbnails?

Exit Ticket – Higher

1) Copying vs influence — explain.

2) Why does one impossible swap beat ten?

3) What must the Test Lab answer next lesson?

Final Idea — Feedback Sheet

Staple beside the Final Idea page.

Pupil name:	Date:
Tier: F / M / H	Artist borrow: Magritte / Dalí / Höch

Development checklist	Craft
☐ Visibly changed from thumbnail ☐ Influence a stranger could name ☐ 3 explaining annotations	☐ Deliberate composition ☐ Half page or bigger ☐ Clean pencil construction

✅ What Went Well:

🔧 Even Better If:

Final Idea Locked In!

Pencils down — quick partner check!

The Final Idea

Teacher Print Tools

You have sparks 💭 — today one becomes THE idea 🎯

💭 Initial idea

🎯 Final idea

Arrival Task — Retrieval Quiz (Do Now)

Starter — Steal Like a Surrealist 🕵️

I Do: Develop, Don't Copy 🔁

1️⃣ Start from the spark

2️⃣ Change ONE big thing

3️⃣ Add artist influence

4️⃣ Annotate the WHY

We Do: Composition Roulette 🎡

We Do: Borrow From the Masters 🎨

René Magritte

Salvador Dalí

Hannah Höch

Independent Work — Draw Your Final Idea 🎯

📋 In order

🪄 Annotation WAGOLL

Exit Ticket ✊

Knowledge Organiser (L13): The Final Idea

Learning objectives

Success criteria — tick when you can

Key distinctions

Self-quiz — cover the answers, write, then check

Common mark-losers

Memory hooks

Development reference — keep beside you

Arrival Task — Retrieval Quiz (Do Now)

Foundation

Middle

Higher

Steal Like a Surrealist

Final Idea development sheet

Scaffolding – Foundation

Scaffolding – Middle

Scaffolding – Higher

Independent – Foundation

Independent – Middle

Independent – Higher

Exit Ticket – Foundation

Exit Ticket – Middle

Exit Ticket – Higher

Final Idea — Feedback Sheet