Surreal Inspirations
For this assignment, you will create a project INSPIRED by on of the following surreal artworks.
Materials: You can choose pencils, colored pencils, pen & Ink, oil pastel, chalk and charcoal, watercolor, collages with magazines.
Materials: You can choose pencils, colored pencils, pen & Ink, oil pastel, chalk and charcoal, watercolor, collages with magazines.
Suggestions and Ideas
Image 1: "Eye" by MC Escher, 1946
Image 2:" The Big Family" by Renee Magritte, 1963
Image 3: "The Persistence of Memory", Salvador Dali, 1931
Image 1: "Eye" by MC Escher, 1946
- Copy this artwork to the best of your ability using dark shading in pencil, charcoal or pen & Ink
- Copy this artwork but replace the skull in the middle with a different image
- Create something that tells a story about eyes
- Create a surreal collage using many eyes cut from a magazine. Paint, draw or collage an unusual background.
- Find a print of this image and remove 50% of it (cut in half or quarters). Glue it onto white paper. Fill in the rest of the image using pencil. Try to get the shading as dark as the original.
Image 2:" The Big Family" by Renee Magritte, 1963
- Create a drawing or painting inspired by the dove
- Create a drawing or painting but replace the silhouette of the dove with a different silhouette
- Create a drawing or painting but change the background
Image 3: "The Persistence of Memory", Salvador Dali, 1931
- Focus on certain parts of this image to redraw or repaint
- Create a work of art about the clocks
- Create a work of art that shows something melting that should not usually be melting.