Surreal Art Game
MATERIALS
- Magazines, newspapers, old books, or printed materials of any kind that can be cut up with illustrations, printed words of various sizes, colors etc.
- Paper to glue your work onto
- Glue
- Scissors
- Pencil
Many artists use games and creative exercises to help them out when they are feeling stuck. Here is a fun art game inspired by artists from the Surrealist and Dada movements to jumpstart your creativity.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Prepare your materials: In a group or on your own, go through your materials and cut out any images or words, colors and textures that grab your attention. Focus on a variety of sizes, shapes and so on and create a pile of images, people, animals, textured backgrounds, and words.
- Randomly grab from each pile of images and textures and arrange them onto a separate piece of paper. Try to create
an interesting image by overlapping and creating interesting relationships between the images you are choosing. - You can continue to grab randomly or begin to tell a story using the pictures and the way they are being arranged on your page. You can also use pencil to add to the collage with drawings and lines to create a setting or to add details that help connect the images.
- Once you have things they way you like them, glue into place. Hang on a wall or the fridge and share with others who played the game. Talk about what you made and what you were imagining and ask them about their process as well.
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