1. Pointillism

2. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte 1884, Oil on canvas; 207.6 x 308 cm Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, 1884-86 Seurat’s most famous painting took over 2 years to complete. It measures approx. 2m x 3m.

3. Georges Seurat Born on December 2, 1859, in Paris Lived to be 31 year old Interested in optical and colour theory, and took a scientific approach to painting Contrasted miniature dots of colour that form a single hue to the viewer’s eye Pointillism = tiny dots of colour place side-by-side Believed tiny dots of colour would make the hues more brilliant and powerful than if applied in brushstrokes

4. On display at the Art Institute of Chicago

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 Landscape = outdoor scene

6. Gray weather, Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, 1888,

7. The Eiffel Tower by Georges Seurat, 1889, California Palace of the Legion of Honour, San Francisco

8. The Circus 1891, Oil on canvas The Circus by Georges Seurat

9. Details from Details from The Circus by Georges Seurat

10. Detail from La Parade 1889, Oil on canvas

11. Create… Pointillism with Markers

12. More Experimenting with Pointillism Place dots of different colours side-by-side to create visual ‘blends’ Consider the light source with highlights & shadows (value = lights/tints & darks/shades) Create a painting applying paint with a round brush or cotton swabs in small, side-by-side dots

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