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POINTILLISM
  Dot to dot
Dot to dot : ‘A line is a walking point’(Paul Klee)
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                                   Landscape (Paul Klee)
Definition
• Pointillism is a method
  to draw and paint
  using dots.

• It was first coined by
  art critics in the late
  1880s to describe the
  artworks of George
  Seurat and Paul Signac.
TECHNIQUE


            Pointillism paintings
                  are done
            overlapping groups
              of primary color
               dots to obtain
               secondary and
               tertiary colors.
Types of dots:

REGULAR DOTS




                      IRREGULAR DOTS
IRREGULAR DOTS:
   PAINT
SPLATTERS
Some classic Pointillist Artists
from late S.XIX & early S.XX
Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884, oil on canvas
Signac, The Papal Palace, Avignon, 1900, oil on canvas
Derain André, Big Ben , London ,1906, oil on canvas
Some Contemporary
examples of Pointillist
technique variations
ROY
LICHTENSTEI
N:
SALVADOR
DALÍ



Some artists work with
   volumetric dots




  Atomic Gala
CHUCK
CLOSE

      FINGERPRINTS CAN BE
         CONSIDERED AS
   IRREGULAR DOTS TO DRAW




Georgia Fingerprint I, 1985
ARIAN NOVEIR
Other Artistic
Applications…
Decorative Patterns
& Abstract Landscapes
REINTERPRETATION OF A MASTERPIECE




Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci   Art student reinterpretation

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