Article · The Art of Education University
5 Visionary Surrealism Games for Art Students of Any Age
By Shannon Brinkley
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2022
About this lesson
Gives classroom-tested procedures for five Surrealist chance methods: exquisite corpse, automatic drawing to music, frottage, decalcomania and dropped torn-paper collage. Each comes with materials, prompts and ways to develop the results into finished ideas.
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