Painting with dots.How many ways can an artist make a picture? How do artists choose the subject for their artworks? How do artists decide which materials to use? These are interesting questions. Where can one find the answers? There are many places where people can go and see works of art by others. An art museum or art gallery is a place that collects and exhibits art. In a museum, you might see an old vase from ancient Greece The term ancient Greece refers to the periods of Greek history in Classical Antiquity, lasting ca. 750 BC[1] (the archaic period) to 146 BC (the Roman conquest). It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western Civilization. , or a painting done last week on a computer. It is exciting to see what others have created, and learn about their culture and their lives through their art. Georges Seurat was a French artist whose paintings might be seen in a museum. He lived about one hundred years ago in Paris. Georges liked to paint in his own unusual way. His kind of painting with dots of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color is called Pointillism pointillism (pwăn`təlĭz'əm): see postimpressionism. pointillism In painting, the practice of applying small strokes or dots of contrasting colour to a surface so that from a distance they blend together. . If you look closely at his painting The Side Show, you can see that the horn players This list of horn players includes horn (French horn) players about whom there is a Wikipedia article.
When Seurat did this painting, his method was new. Some people did not like his new paintings. Do you like Seurat's Pointillist poin·til·lism n. A postimpressionist school of painting exemplified by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th-century France, characterized by the application of paint in small dots and brush strokes. painting? MAKE YOUR OWN PAINTING WITH DOTS 1 Use a paper punch to make dots of lots of different colors. 2 Arrange the dots so they make a form or scene. Step back from your arrangement to see what it looks like. 3 Glue your dots down. You can also make pictures with dots with markers, crayons or tempera tempera (tĕm`pərə), painting method in which finely ground pigment is mixed with a solidifying base such as albumen, fig sap, or thin glue. paint. 4 Tell your friends how you made your picture. Tell them how you chose the colors for your picture. WORDS TO DISCUSS museum gallery culture inspire Pointillism |
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