The Most
Realistic Alien

Take part

Host a table

Anyone can host: artists, art teachers, educators, volunteers, parents. You too.

What you need

A table, A5 paper, pencils, and a sign with the two instructions.

No example alien in the room. Not on the board, not on the sign.

Grown-ups drawing at tables on a lawn, Rishikesh
Rishikesh, 2012

How it goes

  1. Say the two instructions, twice

    Draw an alien.
    Make it realistic.

    The Most
    Realistic Alien    by an unidentified artist

    Then nothing. No example, no speech.

  2. Draw too

    Pick up a pen and draw your own alien.

  3. Keep a straight face

    If someone asks what "realistic" means, say only: "Realistic. The way it really looks." Or ask a question back. Never praise, correct or rank. The other grown-ups in the room do the same.

  4. Then the wall

    Hang every alien whole, at the same height, with the same space. Walk the wall together.

    A man on a ladder hanging framed drawings on a white wall covered with aliens, Thaillywood
    Thaillywood, Chonburi, Thailand, 2012
    The whole wall of framed alien drawings, a stepladder in front of it, Thaillywood
    Thaillywood, Chonburi, Thailand, 2012

Schools

It's a drawing workshop, not a therapy and not a test. We don't measure what children learn.

Just start. Draw an alien. Make it realistic.

Write to us (Schools)

Imagined: A classroom wall with ten framed drawings
ImaginedA classroom wall, 10 frames

Photos and names

Before you photograph children or share their names, ask their families and follow the rules of your school or place.

Write to us (Hosting a table)