Friday, September 2, 2011

Surrealist Games: Automatic Drawing

Automatic drawing is a surrealist game where the player draws without thinking, which allows unexpected images to be produced. Conscious control over the image should be avoided. Here are a few examples of automatic drawings.

An automatic drawing could look like a doodle or a scribble.
(Drawing by Andre Masson, 1924)



Here is an automatic drawing from artist Jeffrey R. Navarro

Tim Barnard's 'The Immaculate Hope Grenade'





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