1. Elements of Art & Design
Line Shape Space Colour Value Texture Form

2. Pointillism… MATERIALS… Construction paper (variety of colours)
Circle Templates & white pencil crayon
Scissors
cotton swabs
plates for palettes
liquid tempera paint (white, then other colour choices for details)
Newspapers OR old file folders as placemats to protect desks

3. Pointillism… “I Can” Skills… Create a HORIZON LINE using dots
Use a new tool to apply paint
Add details using DOTS
Tell about my picture made of DOTS

4. Georges Seurat & Pointillism
CONNECT…
Georges Seurat & Pointillism
Pointillism is the use of small, distinct dots of pure colour to create an image. Pointillism is a style that was developed in the late 19th century in France. Georges Seurat is famous for the paintings he created while developing this style.

5. La Seine à la Grande Jatte 1888, Oil on canvas
The Seine and la Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat - Springtime 1888,Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

6. The Circus 1891, Oil on canvas
By Georges Seurat

7. Seurat and Pointillism… Looking CLOSE-UP
Details from ‘The Circus’ by Georges Seurat;

9. Stippling (dots of one pigment/hue)
-from “The Castle Builder” by Dennis Nolan

10. Stippling
-from “The Castle Builder” by Dennis Nolan