
Surreal activity: Draw without thinking
Free your unconscious mind by creating an artwork without using your eyes.
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Drawing, writing, randomness, surrealism: unlock your mind with these lo-fi activities – fun for children and adults alike!
Most of these activities use tools that you should be able to find at home.
Surrealism began in Europe in the 1920s. Surreal means ‘above reality’, and it reflects the surrealists’ desire to transcend the rational world – a world turned upside down by World War I.
Free your unconscious mind by creating an artwork without using your eyes.
Cut up and rearrange a picture to make a new mind-bending artwork.
Create a fantastical creature with your friends or whānau. The results willl be strange, funny, and unpredictable!
Discover the textures of different kinds of surfaces then use them to create a landscape or seascape.