As a new artist it is important to learn different brush strokes. This includes Pointillism This will help make your painting have texture and depth adding another dimension of fun to your art. (or even an experienced artist who has picked up the habitual pattern of using the same easy broad stroke should remember to disperse pointillism in their pieces)

So what is Pointillism?

 is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image.

Georges Seurat and Paul Signac created this technique in 1886, moving away from Impressionism. The term “Pointillism” was coined by art critics in the late 1880s to ridicule the these artists, but is now used readily by artists. The movement was started by Seurat and was called Neo-impressionism. The Divisionists used a similar technique of patterns to form images, though with larger cube-like brushstrokes.

Pointillism is similar to color printers as the dots are printed on paper or canvas using only four colors cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The colors are not preblended but nozzles which are programmed know which color to apply for the final picture. Pointillism is very unlike traditional painting where the colors are mixed first on a pallet prior to applying or mixed on the canvas while colors are wet.

The majority of Pointillism had been done in oil paint. But any paint can be used as long as it does not run or bleed. Thicker paints are preferred.

Use any of the photos on this page to try out Pointillism art. Remember to focus on fun! Focus on the journey of creating! It’s the creating something out of nothing and leaving all worries behind which is the challenge. If it feels hard, your trying to hard. Some artists use a big paint brush so that they won’t focus too much on details. Try this sometimes.

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I decided to do a search of my name to see what pieces were being listed through the search engine algorithm and much to my surprised, I was being featured in the local newspaper and our local travel magazine. I was surprised since the gallery did not tell me that I was being featured. Nonetheless, here is a link to the announcement posted by Two Rivers Gallery in Chiloquin, OR. if you would like to check it out. And…here is one of the paintings that is at the gallery…Oil Pastels still life piece.

The three sisters (Christine, Grace and Aurelia) get together on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 1:30  for “Art Together”. It’s been a nice opportunity to do art across the nation (Hawaii, Texas and Oregon) through Facebook Rooms of Fine Art Spot: Collective Group of Artists.  We usually do art for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours and work on the group’s weekly prompt, or whatever the artist desires to work on. We’d like to invite anyone who might be interested in doing art.  It’s a private group, so you’ll have to join the group. Here is the piece of art that I completed this week for the challenge “Letter I” He is called, “Masked Indian“. Would love to have you join us!