artistic techniques
Automatic writing: when art begins with a sentence without thinking
Have you ever tried writing without stopping, without thinking, without rereading? Just paper, pen, and an uninterrupted flow that flows from your fingers as if it came from a mysterious place? Welcome to the magical (and slightly crazy) world of automatic writing, one of the most fascinating practices born out of surrealism. Today, we find […]
Grattage: when art is created by scraping the surface
Have you ever tried scraping paint off a surface just to see what’s underneath? Not by mistake, not to fix something… but as a creative gesture? If the answer is no, get ready to change your mind. In this post, I’ll explain grattage, a fascinating, rebellious, and somewhat wild technique that marked surrealism and continues […]
Frottage: the technique loved by the Surrealists to make surfaces speak
Have you ever placed a sheet of paper on a coin and rubbed a pencil over it just to see what would appear? Well, without knowing it, you were already doing frottage. It’s not magic, but it’s close. Because frottage is one of those techniques that seem to have been created for fun, but which, […]
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In this blog, I don't explain the history of art — I tell the stories that art itself tells.