Dali Homage Drawing

  For my Dali inspired homage-piece there were several aspects of his work I chose to focus on. First was the obvious surreal aspect of his paintings. Not being a painter I choose to use pencil (on paper) to create this piece. I had started out using a regular pencil, but then decided to use a mechanical pencil as it would allow me to get the finer detail I wanted without continually having to re-sharpened pencil. I knew what I wanted to incorporate in this piece, but throughout the process I just let my mind wander. There was no “real” picture in my mind and there was no exact way I wanted it to look. It was primarily line by line and detail by detail, which is one of my favorite ways of drawing, because you never know what you're going to create next. While working on the piece I kept in in mind certain aspects of his work. Some of the major ones I chose to include where the long stilts, drastically over dramatized figures, organic landscapes, and the feel of a deserted landscape. 

  My interpretation of this piece is mainly how it connects to Dali through his way of thinking and almost random nature of imagery. To me this piece highlights the emotions of sadness, remorse, curiosity, and tragedy.  
  Though I have not yet completed the piece I'm quite happy with how it turned out in relation to many of Dali’s works. Mostly I am happy because I was able to capture the style and thought process of one of the art worlds most creative and enigmatic minds.

Dali Homage-Piece Critique

  Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in Figures, Spain. Dali’s career began at a very early age. After almost an entire childhood of art Dali decided to go and study at an Academy in Madrid. Several years later during the 1920s, Dali spent a good amount of time in Paris. While living there he did more paining, incorporating techniques and artistic elements of well known artists, such as Magritte, Miró, and even Picasso. Miró was one of the key influences who sparked Dali’s interest into the world of surrealism. 

  My open ended question was, “In what way is realism portrayed within the surrealistic tendencies of Dali’s work?”

  Luke agreed that certain aspects of realism can be seen through Dali’s work, mentioning that much of it is shown through his human/animalistic figures and organic landscapes/shapes. Like others, Luke agreed that my piece was somewhat abstract, surreal, and weird and creepy. He told me that he liked the amount of detail I had included, and that it did in fact remind him a lot of Salvador Dali.