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Automatic Drawing

Draw Paint Print like the Great Artists

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/automatic-drawing • Posted by Laurence King

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

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

0 h 10

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

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

Instructions

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

  2. Close your eyes.

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    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!

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