Surrealist techniques
Transfer technique in drawing
The transfer technique is a special drawing technique that was developed by the painter and draftsman Jules Pascin. In Pascin’s…
Frottage art
In art, frottage (from French frotter, "to rub", Rubbing) is a surrealist and "automatic" method of creative production developed by…
Exquisite corpse
Exquisite corpse, also known as exquisite cadaver (from the original French term cadavre exquis), is a method by which a…
Decalcomania
Decalcomania (from the French décalcomanie) is a decorative technique by which engravings and prints may be transferred to pottery or…
Paranoiac-critical method
The paranoiac-critical method is a surrealist technique developed by Salvador Dalí in the early 1930s. He employed it in the…
Surrealist techniques
Surrealism in art, poetry, and literature uses numerous techniques and games to provide inspiration. Many of these are said to…
Cut-up Technique
The cut-up technique (French: découpé) is an aleatory literary technique in which a text is cut up and rearranged to…
Automatic Drawing and Painting
Automatic Drawing (distinguished from drawn expression of mediums) was developed by the surrealists, as a means of expressing the subconscious.…