Question

Shooting Star by Joan Miro. Strange doodles cover the canvas with swirls of color. How did the artist of the above image create his paintings?
a.
He dropped ink splotches and created drawings around them.
b.
He painted upside down.
c.
He doodled on canvas and turned these abstractions into whatever figure he felt they resembled.
d.
He closed his eyes while he painted.

Answer 1

c. He doodled on canvas and turned these abstractions into whatever figure he felt they resembled. Miró used automatic drawing/Surrealist methods, letting spontaneous marks suggest forms.