Article · Kari Lilt
How I Come Up with Surrealist Art Ideas
By Kari Lilt
- Type
- Article
- Level
- All levels
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2020
About this lesson
The artist breaks surrealist idea generation into a repeatable exercise: pick two unrelated things, find the hidden 'missing link' between them, then sketch the synthesis; she recommends drafting ten new ideas a day for at least three months to build the habit.
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