POINTILLISM OPTICAL COLOR MIXING

WHAT COLOR IS THIS IN POINTILLISM ?

YELLOW + RED = ORANGE

WHO IS THIS ARTIST, AGAIN?

Un DimancheEte a l’Ile de la Grande Jatte (1884-1886)

HERE ARE SOME HINTS !

WHERE ARE WE ?WHAT REGION IS THE ARTIST FROM ?

Um

WHAT COUNTRY IN THE REGION OF EUROPE ?

Um

WHAT CITY IN THE COUNTRY OF FRANCE ?

Um

PARIS, FRANCE

Rue Um

SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND OF GRAND JATTE(1884-1886)

GEORGE SEURAT

Let’s enlarge this orange umbrella !

BIGGER

Oopz! This is an enlargement of a computer digital image not the Seurat painting, Hence, we see little color squares; not dots

COLOR SEPARATION

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ANNIMATION

SPECTRUM

R O Y B G V

PRISM

COLOR NUMBERSfor the WWW

THE EYE

THE EYE

LIGHT ENTERS THE: IRIS, LENS, RETINA, OPTIC NERVE,

brain

BRAIN

VOCABULARY

A style of painting , that combines the color of light from small dotsPOINTILLISM

OPTIC MIX Mixing colors of light as it travels to the eye

SPECTRUM

R O Y B G V

Refracted light from the sun

Red, Orange, Yellow ,Blue, Green, Violet

IRIS, LENS Parts of the eye

OPTIC NERVE

RETINA Changes light into electricity

Carries electricity from the retina to the brain

WHAT COLOR IS THIS IN POINTILISM ?SUMMERY:

YELLOW + BLUE = GREEN

WHAT COLOR IS THIS IN POINTILISM ?SUMMERY:

RED + BLUE = PURPLE

START WITH A LIGHT PENCIL DRAWING

DO NOT USE SOLID AREAS OF COLOR OR LINES

START LIKE THIS, WITH DOTS ON THE OUTLINES

FINISHED POINTILISM

TEACHING POINTS

A style of painting , that combines the color of light from small dotsPOINTILLISM

OPTIC MIX Mixing colors of light as it travels to the eye

SPECTRUM

R O Y B G V

Refracted light from the sun

Red, Orange, Yellow ,Blue, Green, Violet

IRIS, LENS Parts of the eye

OPTIC NERVE

RETINA Changes light into electricity

Carries electricity from the retina to the brain