Theresa Jackson Lesson - Equisite Corpse

Equisite Corpse

Here I have used photoshop to create an exquisite corpse 

I used the colour range and clicked on the background and then added a sample using the paint tool, It then deleted the background.

Using the magic lasso to cut around the legs to make sure they look good and sharp.

Jamie Reid Screenprint collage artist - Surrealism

Screen Printing

equipment needed; spoon, acrylic paint, acrylic medium, squeegee, packaging tape.

The screen is made from a fine mesh material which is fixed to a metal frame. A stencil is placed under the screen and ink is forced through the stencil on to the material below. Screen printing with stencils is best for blocks of colour.

Firstly your positive film positive used will be exposed and will harden the light sensitive emulsion on to the tight fabric which is already on the metal frame, then you have to tape up all the yellow areas and the sides of the metal frame. Once you have done this you can then put your mix of acrylic ink with acrylic medium on to the top of the frame and then squeegee the ink across the screen stencil forcing the ink through the open areas, then lift your frame back up and squeegee ink back across to keep the screen wet otherwise it will dry up.

Raoul Hausmann - ABCD

This piece "ABCD" was completed by Raoul Hausmann in 1923/1924 this piece is a collage and photomontage on paper and is 40.4 x 28.2 cm. Haussmann was one of the leading men of the Berlin dada art period, Raoul Hausmann is attempting to distort the image by adding a variety of different pictures in.  Housman is also being very expressive because it just looks very unusual and looks like Hausmann has just sticked '        '  images on the collage. I think Hausmann worked from imagination  and using found imagery fro different sources. The work makes me question what the artist is is trying to achieve because it doesn't make a lot of sense. The artist has sed very dull colours , reflecting the time that the art was produced as such Hausmann appears to have little choice about the colours he has used. Raoul was part of the surrealist movement so this would have influenced his work, I like this piece because it has no meaning therefore you are forced in to asking yourself questions also the use of juxtaposition works well.


Raoul Hausmann has a very antiquated style you can tell by the colours of the piece "ABCD", the colours are very dull in this piece so this where as the colours of my work are very bright and vibrant due to me taking my pictures out of a magazine . Both mine and Hausmann style is "cut and paste" his work is very surrealistic where as mine isn't very surrealistic.


You focus on the face first as this is biggest part of the artwork, also the colours play a part as you focus on the big black writing on the orange background, isn't very realistic as it looks like the photos and letters have just been stuck on.

Sally Stone - Darkroom - Surrealisim

Dark Room recap; Ensure hands are clean, ensure negatives are clean, set masking frame to appropriate size, leave 1/4 gap around all sides for example a 7" x 5" would be 6 1/2" x 4 1/2". Then load your negative in to the film career shiny side up! 0 on all the dials magenta, scan and yellow, set the F to the brightest F, then use the focus finder to focus, then carefully turn F down 2 steps, carry out a test strip to determine the exposure by doing 2 seconds all over and then using the card to cover up horizontally or vertically and do this till your test strip is all done.

Reasons for making a test strip: to save money on photographic paper, to determine the exposure time therefore saves you a lot of time as you do it all on one piece of paper.

Here is my original picture a nice use of tonal range although if i was to do it again I would make sure that the background had a different exposure time!

Here Man Ray has inspired me with the objects placed in my picture. the use of juxtaposition here makes the image much more interesting.

1. Firstly chose your negative that you want to print (make sure it is clean, no scratches and no dust on it)
2. Hold the negatives so you can read the numbers, then turn the negative round (not over) so the number is furthest away from you. 
3. Place your negative in the film carrier in to place. 
4. With a lens on full aperture, turn on the enlarger. Place a normal piece of paper on the easel and use the focus finder to focus the image (use the focus on the enlarger to focus the image).
5. Change the aperture back to f8 to increase the sharpness of the image.
6. If the picture looks flat increase the amount of magenta on the enlarger. 
7. Produce a test strip (3 seconds for light photos & 5 seconds for dark photos), develop the test strip as normal.
8. Then I placed my objects on top of my photo and turn on the enlarger for 6 seconds.

Screenpritning - health and safety - Surrealism

Screen Printing

equipment needed; spoon, acrylic paint, acrylic medium, squeegee, packaging tape.

The screen is made from a fine mesh material which is fixed to a metal frame. A stencil is placed under the screen and ink is forced through the stencil on to the material below. Screen printing with stencils is best for blocks of colour.

Firstly your positive film positive used will be exposed and will harden the light sensitive emulsion on to the tight fabric which is already on the metal frame, then you have to tape up all the yellow areas and the sides of the metal frame. Once you have done this you can then put your mix of acrylic ink with acrylic medium on to the top of the frame and then squeegee the ink across the screen stencil forcing the ink through the open areas, then lift your frame back up and squeegee ink back across to keep the screen wet otherwise it will dry up.