Get Crafty: Projects Inspired By Artists Of Surrealism

Hi everyone!

Here are some super fun activities and crafts inspired by our fabulous surrealist artists!

• 1. Frida Kahlo once said ” I paint self- portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. ”
• Frida’s self portraits reflected various times in her life and how she was feeling at the time. They featured her many pets such as monkeys, dogs, birds and even a fawn. Her portraits were colorful and had many aspects of her Mexican culture in them. Frida put her whole heart and true self into every part of her beautiful art.
• For our first activity I want to encourage you to create a self portrait that shows your personality and what’s in your heart.
• Here is one of my self portraits!

• 2. Our second activity is based on the idea that many surrealist artists would look to their dreams for inspiration for their art!
• I thought it would be a cool idea to start your own dream journals!
• Start by either making a journal or looking for one that speaks to you in some way.
• There are of course dream journals you can buy that have templates in them already. Tips, questions or prompts that might help you keep a dream journal. Or you can simply get a sketchbook that can be used for drawing or writing your dreams down.
• One tip I do have is, keep your journal close to where you sleep so that if you wake up from a dream, you can write or draw a quick sketch immediately. We tend to forget our dreams as time passes so you want to be ready.
• Have fun! Good luck! And sweet dreams!

• 3. Many artists from the surrealism movement created collages that depicted often very bizarre images juxtaposed together. Why not create your own surrealist inspired college!
• Try using images from old magazine’s or photos to create a new scene or fantastical world!
• Here is a collage by artist, Max Ernst showing some familiar faces from the surrealist movement!

• 4. And of course we can’t leave out our always reliable www.supercoloring.com for artist coloring sheets! This week Salvador Dali and Frida Kahlo are available to download!

Thanks again for checking out #SlayInspireCreate! See ya next week!

Memento Vivere!