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