Automatic Drawing

Draw Paint Print like the Great Artists

Posted by Laurence King

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Miro' practised 'Automatic Drawing' where the hand is allowed to move 'randomly' across the paper, to make many of his paintings.

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • White Paper
  • Thick black Crayon
  • Coloured pens, pencils or Paint

Steps (4 steps, 10 minutes)

  1. 1

    Place the white paper in front of you. Try to give yourself plenty of space to move.

  2. 2

    Close your eyes.

  3. 3

    Using the black crayon draw quickly across your paper using a combination of straight lines and squiggly ones.

    * You can look to make sure you are drawing on the paper and not your desk!

  4. 4

    Colour in the random shapes you have made in bright colours.