This week Middle School is working on Pointillism. Pointillism is a technique of painting using dots of colors very close to one another (instead of mixed colors) allowing the eye to mix the colors for you.
Sixth and seventh grade are working on Partial Pointillism, where only half of their paintings will be in the pointillism technique, while eight grade is working on painting a picture entirely in the pointillism style.
Pointillism although created in the late 1800’s by unconventional artist who were mocked for this new style of painting, is still used today. Television sets, computer screens and even digital cameras use a form of pointillism. Ever look really close at a computer or television screen? You’ll notice that the picture you are seeing is made up of tiny little dots of unmixed colors, the most common (cyan, magenta, yellow). Today we call it pixels or mega pixels.
Just imagine… what would our world be like without the unconventional artist?
Ms. Arnau
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