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About surrealismThe Surrealist artists sought to channel the unconscious thoughts as a means to unlock the power of the imagination. They did not place value on rationalism and literary realism.
The work of Sigmund Freud was profoundly influential for Surrealists, particularly his book,The Interpretation of Dreams (1899). Freud legitimized the importance of dreams and the unconscious mind; his exposure of the complex and repressed inner worlds of human desires are the basis for much of Surrealism. One style if Surrealist painting is a hyper-realistic style in which objects were depicted in crisp detail but then juxtaposed by irrational content emphasizing the dream-like quality of the art. Such artist that used this style were. Dalí, Tanguy, and Magritte is painted in . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPD6okhfGzs After reading the passage above click on the link below and answer the questions in your do now portfolio About the AssignmentSome beleive that the "Eyes" are the Windows to the soul". Symbolism is the use of things or images to signify ideas and qualities by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense. For example while eyes are actually an organ for sight we now that they can be symbols for deeper meaning or peoples inner desire. ie their souls. Surrealism fits into this symbolic notion perfectly. Surrealists were sought to give symbolic meaning and concepts to everything. Take MagritesThe False Mirror For Example.
Like many works by René Magritte, The False Mirror defies normal insights of the viewer. It was completed in 1928. It is one of many pieces that were created in between World War I and World War II as artists attempted to come to terms with the horrible conditions that these conflicts caused. Many of Mr. Magrittes counterparts such as Max Ernst, Man Ray and Salvidor Dali created similar renderings incorporating the human eye. It is currently shown at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Meaning The use of this particular body part is telling in that it seems to be challenging the viewer to question whether what they are seeing corresponds with what they think they know. Magritte surprises us immediately by removing the eyes’ pupil from its usual location and positioning it in the center of the sky. It is surrounded by what appears to be a normal optic opening, although not necessarily of human flesh. The painting is for the most part symmetrical in both its vertical and horizontal lines. There is also symmetry of color with the black pupil drawing your attention Like magrite we will be taking a facial feature that we can then play with the symbolic meaning of to creae a conceptional statement. For example my example is a pic of a eye with a rose for an iris and thorns around the eye. I am trying to say that humans have a very beautify and passionate core but are very guarded making it easy to miss. |
Surreal Facial Feature Painting options
way 1
Step:1
In photoshop collage together a facial feature (eyes, nose, mouth) with some other imagry that illudes to a concept ie story.
In photoshop collage together a facial feature (eyes, nose, mouth) with some other imagry that illudes to a concept ie story.
Step:2
In a new file in photoshop paste in your collaged image ane paint the entire picture. Remember to paint first general shapes of color ie blocks of color then blend the colors later to focus on painting details. Gerneral to specific just like the candle painting.
In a new file in photoshop paste in your collaged image ane paint the entire picture. Remember to paint first general shapes of color ie blocks of color then blend the colors later to focus on painting details. Gerneral to specific just like the candle painting.
way 2
veiw the links below for inspiration on this way.
http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2012/09/Eric-Montoya.html
http://www.mylovt.com/
step 1:
Paint a facial feature straight... no collaging, just paint a realisitc feature
Paint a facial feature straight... no collaging, just paint a realisitc feature
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Find a high res image of some imagrery that give the face meaning. ie on this mouth i am adding a pic or crashing water from underwater. and then overlay it on top.. like the skull project almost. I call this peice "hard to breath" When I think about the mouth, i think about breath the essance of life. Sometimes life and the stresses of it become to much making it feel like we are drowning in life, so my overlaying of crashing waves underwater help convey my message of life stresses and how it makes us feel.
Find a high res image of some imagrery that give the face meaning. ie on this mouth i am adding a pic or crashing water from underwater. and then overlay it on top.. like the skull project almost. I call this peice "hard to breath" When I think about the mouth, i think about breath the essance of life. Sometimes life and the stresses of it become to much making it feel like we are drowning in life, so my overlaying of crashing waves underwater help convey my message of life stresses and how it makes us feel.
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AssignmentLike magrite we will be taking a facial feature that we can then play with the symbolic meaning of to creae a conceptional statement. For example my example is a pic of a eye with a rose for an iris and thorns around the eye. I am trying to say that humans have a very beautify and passionate core but are very guarded making it easy to miss.
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