Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali I Domenech, 1st Marquis of Pubol was a Spanish surrealist painter. Surreal paintings are paintings that take something real and modify it in art by doing the impossible (i.e. bent clocks that work, or elephants with long skill legs).  In 1931, Dali painted one of his most famous works, The Persistence of Memory, which introduced a surrealistic image of soft melting pocket watches. In 1934 an art exhibition in New York of Dali’s works created an immediate sensation. Dali became a leader of the Surrealist Movement. His painting, The Persistence of Memory, with the soft or melting watches is still one of the best-known surrealist works. 

Today we are going to draw both real and surreal using magazine art. 

Sometimes the best magazine pieces or choices to draw aren't always the ones we think are the cutest or prettiest but potentially a simple one that we can use our minds to make interesting, or even weird or odd!

Step 1: Pick a Magazine Page and Cut it in half

One side will be the "realism" half. 

The other side will be the "surrealism" half. 

Choose your favorite way first if you want more time for the project. 

At the end you pick your favorite and put the label on the least favorite side. 

You can have the paper either way (up or down or left and right). 

Step 2: Realism! Glue the first piece and simply sketch in pencil

Step 2 Part 2: Add Color Pencil Details 

Step 3: Surrealism!! Get funky with it in pencil! (But stay simple) 

Step 3 Part 2: Add Color Pencil Details!

Supplies - 

Class Supplies - Students need good grey pencils and scissors and glue sticks