Nangona sithetha nge isitayile esivulekileyo kakhuluKwi-surrealism kukho iipateni ezithile ezilandelwayo kwaye zichonga iimpawu zomsebenzi. Into ebalulekileyo kukutolikwa kwenyani ukusuka ephupheni, ukungabikho zingqondweni, umlingo kunye nokungaqiqi. Oku kuthetha ukuba izinto kunye neefom zihluthwe ukubaluleka kwazo ngokwesiko (yile nto ibizwa ngokuba ngumgaqo we "ukudideka", ngokubhekisele apho umbonisi edidekile, ngaphandle kokwazi ukuba alindele ntoni). Siqhubeka nokwenziwa kwemifanekiso yokulingana ukuze into enye itolikwe ngeendlela ezininzi (oku kubizwa ngokuba ngumgaqo wokungahambelani, apho umzekelo ilifu linokubonakala njengentloko yesilwanyana).
Kwelinye icala, ukubaluleka okukhulu kuqhotyoshelwe into exakayo, engenangqondo, ukuphela, ukuphela kunye nokungaqondakali. Ukongeza kwiphupha, kukho ukubonakaliswa kwazo zonke iintlobo zeesimboli, ngakumbi ezesondo kunye nezesondo. Umqondiso wesini sowukho kakhulu. Kananjalo elinye lamanqaku alo omeleleyo kukuba ichukumisa zonke izimbo: Ukusuka kwiklasikhi, ukuya kwi-baroque, ubuvuvu, okanye ikamva. Ukongeza, imidlalo emitsha eyenziweyo iyilelwe kulungelelwaniso lwezinto ngaxeshanye ukuba i-chiaroscuro iyaxhatshazwa kunye neendlela ezintsha ezinje ifriji okanye igrattage.
Kwi-surrealism, ukusebenza ngokwembono kukwavelele, apho umbono odibeneyo usetyenziswa ngokubanzi ukonyusa imvakalelo yobunzulu kuseto lwayo. Ubukho be Iintlango kunye neendawo zeparadesi Ininzi kakhulu ngakumbi xa isiza kwimetaphysical, psychological, concepts ezikhoyo.
Kule ngqokelela yeepowusta, zonke ezi ntlobo zeempawu zibonakaliswe kakuhle kwaye zingasinceda ngokugqibeleleyo ukusikhuthaza kwaye masimangaliswe ziziseko zobuhle obucekeceke.
