Transcript Pointillism

Pointillism
Hundreds of colored dots form lines and shapes
Why draw with dots?
• Supposedly, physically mixing colors results dull colors
• Optical Mixing: place two colors right next to each
other to create an optical illusion which shows a third
color.  Create brighter picture
• Dots in a pointillist painting can be as small as 1/16
of an inch in diameter!
Optical Mixing
George Seurat
Sunday Afternoon
on the Island of
La Grande Jatte
1884-86
• 81 inches X 120 inches
• 2 years to complete
• Amazing devotion and
concentration
• Approx. 3,456,000
1/16 inch diameter dots
What –scape would you
like to put on the wall in
your room?
Landscape? Cityscape? Seascape? Moonscape?
Paul Signac