Artists: Miro, Klee, Cave & Rock Paintingss Project: Pictogram Written Story, Illustration of Pictogram Story, & Symbolic Drawing Supplies: Paper, Pencils, Pen, Markers, Pastels
Symbolic Directions Drawing symbols, like a stick figure or cave paintings, is a form of abstracting that allows people to communicate an idea.
Pictogram Story. Write a short story (only a few lines) using lots of animals, people and objects. Using paper and a marker, rewrite your story using stick figures or symbols without any words. You can eliminate words you can' represent with a picture or create your own symbol to represent words like the, and, & or. Create a few stories and see if you can "read" them with just your symbols.
Symbolic Drawing Use one of your stories to create a more finished drawing placing objects around the paper so that the over all design looks good to you. Add background colors, textures, and lines to connect the images into a complete composition.
Joan Miro, THE CATALAN LANDSCAPE (The Hunter), 1923-4
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