The document describes several surrealist techniques including exquisite corpse, parsemage, outagraph, grattage, collage, cubomania, automatism, decalcomania, and frotage. Exquisite corpse involves collaboratively writing sentences with a folded paper so the next writer cannot see what was previously written. Parsemage involves scattering pigment on water and transferring the pattern to paper. Outagraph cuts the subject out of a photograph. Grattage scrapes paint off a canvas. Collage assembles different materials like paper and photos onto a surface. Cubomania cuts an image into squares and rearranges it without regard to the original image. Automatism suppresses conscious control over art making. Dec

1. Surrealism
Techniques

2. EXQUISITE CORPSE
The technique was invented by surrealists and
is similar to an old parlour game called
consequences in which players write in turn on
a sheet of paper, fold it to conceal part of the
writing, and then pass it to the next player for a
further contribution. Surrealism principal
founder André Breton reported that it started
in fun, but became playful and eventually
enriching.

4. PARSEMAGE
Parsemage is a surrealist and automatic method in the visual
arts invented by Ithell Colquhoun in which dust from charcoal
or colored chalk is scattered on the surface of water and then
skimmed off by passing a stiff paper or cardboard just under
the water's surface.

7. OUTAGRAPH
The outagraph is a photograph in which the
subject, what the photograph is "of," is cut
out. The method was invented by Ted Joans.

10. GRATTAGE
Grattage is a surrealist technique in painting in
which (usually wet) paint is scraped off the
canvas. It was employed by Max Ernst and Joan
Miró.

13. COLLAGE
Collage is the assemblage of different forms
creating a new whole. For example, an
artistic collage work may include newspaper
clippings, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-
made papers, photographs, etc., glued to a
solid support or canvas.

16. CUBOMANIA
Cubomania is a method of making collages in
which a picture or image is cut into squares and
the squares are then reassembled without
regard for the image. The technique was first
used by the Romanian surrealist Gherasim Luca.

19. AUTOMATISM
Surrealist automatism is a method of art
making in which the artist suppresses
conscious control over the making process,
allowing the unconscious mind to have great
sway. Early 20th century Dadaists, such as
Hans Arp, made some use of this method
through chance operations.

22. DECALCOMANIA
Decalcomania is a process of spreading thick
paint upon a canvas then—while it is still wet—
covering it with further material such as paper or
aluminium foil. This covering is then removed
(again before the paint dries), and the resultant
paint pattern becomes the basis of the finished
painting. The technique was much employed by
artists such as Max Ernst.

25. FROTTAGE
Frottage is a method of creation in
which one takes a pencil or other
drawing tool and makes a "rubbing"
over a textured surface. The drawing
can either be left as it is or used as
the basis for further refinement.