Automatic drawing

I have recently become more interested in the concept of automatic drawing. Since the central theme in my teaching is about allowing creativity to bubble up while quietening the inner critic, I have been drawn to the history of this idea. Automatic drawing was developed by the surrealists as a mean

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French writer and poet André Breton is best known as one of the founders of the Surrealist movement in literature and art. Breton was part of the Dadaist movement in 1916, but soon we…

Automatic drawing originated with the Surrealists as a way of losing all rational control and thought from their art. The movement of the pen, pencil or paint was thought to be a reflection of the psyche. It was a means of expressing the sub-conscious. Think of it as being spiritual in nature. "Automatic drawing was pioneered by André Masson. Artists who practiced automatic drawing include Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Jean Arp and André Breton. The technique was transferred to painting (as seen…

An automatic drawing a day keeps the doctor away 😉 I have deliberately chosen to focus on automatic drawing and nothing else until I can feel that I am done. Automatic drawing is a way to clear my mind. I also test the balance between intuition and intention. I am also realising that it is a method to inspire myself. #automaticdrawing #automatism #intuitivedrawing #drawpilgrim #inkdrawing #abstractart #artonpaper #worksonpaper

Automatic drawing, similar to asemic writing, is an art technique that taps into your subconscious, loosens up your creativity muscles and allows you to

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Bold shapes on today’s automatic drawing. I have given myself permission to focus on automatic drawing and nothing else until I am done. And I feel thrilled, excited, and motivated. Automatic drawing is a way to clear my mind and work with the balance between intuition and intention – I find that profoundly interesting! #automaticdrawing #automatism #intuitivedrawing #drawpilgrim #inkdrawing #abstractart #artonpaper #worksonpaper

How much more powerful to say “drawing surrealism” than something like “surrealist drawings.” It gets the action into the art, which is, often, exactly where it is. Unweighted by color, untrammeled by, oh you know, something like the history of painting and how the surrealists (in whatever grouping you choose to deal or not deal with them) dealt with that history. Very often, not at all.

Try this Timed Drawing, an technique inspired by an exercise called "automatic drawing" in Dean Nimmer's new book "Creating Abstract Art" ....