Sur-realism :
Sur-realism ‘Sur’ means below- so sur-realism means below realism.
Surrealism art seeks to enter the subconscious mind by using illusion and art techniques to create a world that looks real but can’t be accepted by the logical mind.
Basic Tools of Art Create Illusion :
Basic Tools of Art Create Illusion Use of perspective
Shading (value) to create rounded form
Optical tricks (color,
placement, size, detail,
foreshortening)
Use of perspective :
Use of perspective By using basic perspective- you draw the viewer in to this illusion of space.
Use of Shading :
Use of Shading Working with the five elements of shading (shadow, reflected light, highlight, med light and dark shadow) creates the illusion of a rounded form
Optical Tricks :
Optical Tricks Surrealist artists used basic optical tricks
Dali and Magrite used blue sky and clouds to create the look of infinite space
Juxtaposition :
Juxtaposition Surrealists purposely made the viewer uncomfortable by adding things that don’t go together in a strange and different world.
Your Assignment :
Your Assignment -create magazine/
collage surrealist study
Use tracing paper or
pin-hole technique to
create tracing
Your Assignment :
Your Assignment Work on ‘Ink
techniques’ worksheet
Transfer drawing to
drawing paper
Create image with all
Pen and ink techniques