1. Pointillism

2. Hundreds of colored dots form lines and shapes

3. 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!

4. Optical Mixing

5. George Seurat Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte 1884-86

6. 81 inches X 120 inches 2 years to complete Amazing devotion and concentration Approx. 3,456,000 1/16 inch diameter dots

8. What –scape would you like to put on the wall in your room? Landscape? Cityscape? Seascape? Moonscape?

9. Paul Signac