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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

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

9 Paul Signac

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