Pointillism Art-Stippling 

 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Directions: 
❏Compose a page using line and shape in pencil  
❏Use color or black marker to fill in shapes with dots 
❏Minimum of 2 LARGE DIFFERENT designs 
Reminders: 
❏Do not use sharpies (they will bleed through the paper) 
❏DO NOT push hard on the marker tips, you will wreck the markers 
❏lightly touch paper, keep marker vertical! 
 -Artist to study- 
“Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science.” ​Georges Seurat 
For many people, things like art and music are one area of study that is opposite to an area that includes math and 
science. For them, science and mathematics help us understand everything in the universe, while art and music are 
secondary, merely forms of entertainment.  
However, one meeting with French artist Georges Seurat, and these people will be eating their words! 
To understand this, let’s take a look at one of Seurat’s most iconic paintings,  

‘A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte‘ 

 
 
What do you notice about the painting above? You can see that the colors have a softer feel, and though the overall work looks clean and neatly outlined, 
there is a lot of depth in terms of color and shade. This is because of Seurat’s favorite painting technique – pointillism.  
 
In pointillism, tiny dots of color are put together on canvas, repeatedly, till it fills in an entire area. So rather than the painter mixing up these dots of 
paint, your brain mixes it up so your eyes see it as a single picture rather than a combination of dots. 
 

All this sounds quite scientific, and that’s because it is! Seurat went through scientists’ writings on color theory, and how the human eye views colors. 
After lots of study, he realized that one could use colors by understanding them scientifically, and this led to the creation of a new language called 
Chromoluminarism. Science!