1. Pointillism & Georges Seurat

2. Georges Seurat Born in 1859 in Paris, France Founder of Pointillism
Died of a sickness in 1891 at the age 32.
Influenced art and artists with the great style he created in just a short career.
Georges Seurat

3. Pointillism Pointillism is a style of art using only dots.
Georges Seurat, preferred the name Divisionism.
Art critics gave it the name Pointillism.
“La Parade” by Georges Seurat

4. Pointillism
a style of painting in which small distinct points of primary colors create the impression of a wide selection of secondary and intermediate colors
When viewed from a distance, the eye blends the dots, in a process called optical blending.
Even though no orange paint was used, red and yellow create the effect. = COLOR THEORY/MIXING
“The Eiffel Tower” by Georges Seurat

5. “The Papal Palace” by Paul Signac (1863-1935)
Paul Signac is another great pointillism artist

6. Took Georges Seurat 2 years
“Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” by Georges Seurat
Took Georges Seurat 2 years
3,456,000 dots (one at a time!)

8. Pointillism Creating Value
To simulate darker areas
• The denser, tighter the spacing of the dots, the darker the tones will appear.
• Make larger dots creating darker dots
• Draw dots close together
• Using complementary or split-complementary colors
• Juxtaposed dots of multi-colored paint
To simulate light areas
• Make the dots finer
• Use a soft touch when making dots.
• Place the dots farther apart form one another

9. Practice In your sketchbook divide a piece of paper into 4.
Draw 4 different drawings of your choice.
A scene or landscape will be better. Think about background, middle ground, and foreground.
When done, bring to Mrs. Ewy to get one approved.

10. Directions for Project
Get a 10x12 piece of paper from the back table
LIGHTLY sketch the still life in front of you WITH PENCIL
When done drawing , get your sketch approved.
Once it’s approved (which means it doesn’t need any corrections), you may start POINTILLISM.
Did the brush or q-tip in the paint.
Use color of paint "dot" in the line design, one dot at a time.
EXAMPLE – if you need it to look orange, use dots of red & yellow.
Apply paint in a dot like pattern, using juxtaposed dots of multi- colored paint to "dot" in the rest of the design, one dot at a time.
The dots are put closer together to make it darker, farther apart to make it lighter

11. Objectives & Rubric OBJECTIVES RUBRIC
Optical Blending using juxtaposed dots of color. COLOR THEORY/MIXING
New technique - Pointillism
Art History = Georges Seurat & Pointillism
RUBRIC
Will be graded on the following:
Using only dots 20points
Using optical blending points
Time & Effort points
Neatness points
Quality of Work for the Student 20 points
Total: points