• Surrealist Inspired Painting. Look at the artwork of several surrealist painters; De Chirico, Dali, Ernst, Joan Miro etc. Create a painting, in the "Surrealist style." Media - Acrylic Paint, Support - 12" x 18" watercolor paper. 

    Choose one of the following ways to start this artwork:

     

    1. Use a dream as the subject
    2. Automatic writing/random writing. Paint your random automatic list
    3. Use a "Compound Word" as the subject of your work
    4. Use a small scale collage of random objects to start your work

     

    • Before you begin working look at the artworks that are listed below (DO NOT COPY) and read the following articles:
    1. The Persistence of Memory from the Museum of Modern Art website.
    2. MOMA Learning
    3. Surrealism
    4. Surrealism from Encyclopedia Britannica
    • Subject matter is student choice but must stay school appropriate.

     

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  • Surrealism

     

    Surrealism and Dada

     

    Examples of Surrealist Painting

     

    Origins of Surrealism

     

    Surreal Collage Techniques