Another addition of Daily Design Inspiration…a daily dose of eye candy to highlight artworks that we find for your viewing pleasure and inspiration.
Today we are covering the ever so time consuming and must-have patience process of Pointillism. Pointillism is a technique by which one takes a pen, pencil or tiny paint brush and constantly makes small distinctive dots (points) in order to form an image. The technique relies on the perceptive ability of the eye and mind of the viewer to mix the color spots into a fuller range of tones. Georges Seurat developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism.
Pointillism Project by Syra Courage
Morgan Freeman by Point Taken
This one can be deemed borderline due to it’s large dots…but full on awesomeness nonetheless.
Give Me Colors by Ben Heine
Mr J Bucks by Yuserneim
By Chuck Close
Ballpoint and Beeswax by Gary James
by Gary James
by Gary James
This wouldn’t be complete without a few from the master of Pointillism, Georges Seurat…
Bathing at Asnieres
Un dimanche après-midi à l’Ile de la Grande Jatte
The Side Show
by Giovanni Segantini The Angel of Life
3 Responses to Daily Design Inspiration #12: Pointillism
Dena Tollefson
April 1st, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Very neat post! I like your selection of styles and mediums….
I am an artist working also in the Divisionism style – have developed a technique using thick 3-D daubs of paint (no mixing of adjacent color) which my gallery director has termed “Daubism”. Same principles of pointillism apply, but each stroke of color is highly textural. Thanks for a great article.
Dena Tollefson
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http://www.denatollefson.blogspot.com
gilbertmusings
April 1st, 2010 at 10:42 pm
I checked out your work…I really like it. My favorite is the Sunflower Blue. Great stuff. Thanks for commenting.
Dena Tollefson
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:15 am
Thanks so much! Sunflower Blue is the 3rd in a series of sunflower paintings- my favorite flower to paint.
Have a great day
Dena Tollefson
http://www.denatollefson.com
http://www.denatollefson.blogspot.com