Music as Inspiration for Drawing

Free draw, you can draw about anything you just cant let your pen or
pencil stop moving!
Draw to the beat of the music OR let your hand move randomly to what
you hear.
What words stand out to you from the song? How could you draw about
them?
 Surrealism
A twentieth-century literary,
philosophical and artistic movement that
explored the workings of the mind,
championing the irrational, and poetic.

The Persistence of Memory

By Salvador Dali
 Surreal suggests beyond reality

While surreal is often used

loosely to mean simply strange
or dreamlike, it is not to be
confused with surrealist which
describes a substantial
connection with the philosophy
and manifestations of the
surrealist movement.

The Son of Man,

Rene Magritte
 Surrealist artists used
automatic drawing or
writing to unlock ideas
and images from their
unconscious minds, and
others sought to depict
dream worlds or hidden
psychological tensions.

Metamorphosis Of Narcissus, Salvador Dali

 Many argue that
surrealism, as an
identifiable cultural
movement, ended with
the death of the artists
involved with its
creation. Others
believe that it remains
a vital and relevant
force today.

Ren Magritte, The False Mirror

Contemporary
Artists who use
Surreal Imagery
Eugenia Loli
Moki Mioki
Vladimir Kush
Beth Hoeckel
A WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF A SONG
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
1.Color scheme: Colors are expressive of the emotion of the
song.
2.Must use layered colors onlyNo flat one pencil colors.
3. Imagery shows surrealism in composition images
interact in a way that is contrary to expectation or reality.
4. Imagery and color is symbolic of your song.
5. Composition makes 5 connections between lyrics and
imagery
Picassos Blue Period
Symbol
In art, a symbol is usually a solid,
recognizable thingan animal, a
plant, an object, etc.that stands for
something that would be hard to
show in a picture or a sculpture. A
force of nature, for example, or an
idea.
Horizontal format
Rule of Thirds
Rule of thirds is used to make the overall composition
more pleasing to the eye
Frame is divided into three horizontal and vertical
Vertical Format sections.
The lines are guides for where to where to place the
strongest elements in each composition (the horizon or
the body of a model, for example)
Strongest subject of image is placed at point of
intersections for maximum impact in the frame in
relation to other elements