Pointillism

What is Pointillism?

• Using tiny dots to create images

• The actual blending of the dots creates value

• Commonly used by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac

George Seruat

“Self Portrait”

POINTILLISM IN OUR CULTURE

• Cell phones

• Television

• News paper

• Computers

PROJECT • For your final project you will be creating a

pointillist portrait of an animal• Your personality must relate to this animal • You like music?

– Bird

• You are loyal friend?– Dog

• You are protective?– Bear

• You are playful?– Kitten

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

CONTOURDICTIONARY TERM• the outline of a figure, body or mass

ART & CONTOUR• Is the outline of shapes• These outlines tell us where shadow is located• It is essential to use contour to block shadow

shapes into your pointillism portrait

SHADOW

FIRST WE’LL BEGIN WITH A CONTOUR DRAWING

• We will do a contour by outlining shadow shapes

WE WILL THEN IDENTIFY CAST SHADOW

• Are created when an object stands in the WAY of the light

-However all cast shadows BEGIN with a HARD edge at the BASE of the object

-- As the EDGE moves FARTHER out from the base it become MORE FEATHERED & LIGHT

As a cast shadow moves FARTHER from an object it becomes LIGHTER

LOCATE CAST SHADOW

 

IDENTIFICATION OF CAST SHADOW

 

BEGIN BLOCKING IN CAST SHADOW

• Treat the shape as a whole, do not focus on one area at a time.

• Here I am moving back and forth between that “HARD EDGE” and “FEATHERED EDGE”

BLOCKING IN VALUE FOR CAST SHADOWS

# 1 #2

• DARKER SHADES: have MORE dots and LESS space

• LIGHTER SHADES: have LESS dots and MORE SPACE between the dots

BLOCKING IN CAST SHADOW

• The shadow gets DARKER as it nears the BASE of the object

• The shadow gets LIGHTER as it moves away from the base

# 3 # 4

THE FORM• It is CRITICAL that you know what form is.

• CAST SHADOWS:are created when a FORM (object) blocks light

• CAST SHADOWS: are the reflection of a form onto a surface when light is not present

FORM: Is the object being drawn.

The object or form being drawn is the ball

THE CORE OF A SHADOW

• The darkest part of the form shadow

• Is the place where the light meets the shadow on the form

• It is usually followed by reflected light

• It is the edge between light and dark values on the form

THIS IS NOT A CORE SHADOW THIS IS THE PART OF A CAST SHADOW

LOCATE FORMS

FORMS

• Orange

• Apple

• Bowl

• Glass

• Table

• Paper Plane

• Stapler

LOCATE CORE SHADOWS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Are the brightest areas on the form

• Is where light is directly hitting the object

HIGHLIGHTS

• Adds a crispness to the drawing• The subtle grays AROUND a white area will make the highlight POP

more• This is where the light is casting directly upon object

HIGHLIGHTS

REFLECTED LIGHT

REFLECTED LIGHT: Is when light bounces off of something and reflects back onto the object

LOCATE REFLECTED LIGHT

LOCATING REFLECTED LIGHT

FORM SHADOW “FILLER”

• Is the rest of the shadow around the form

• Comes into two different parts– LIGHTER HALF TONES– DARKER HALF TONES

FORM SHADOW: LIGHTER TONES

• Lighter Toned Shadows: Consists of shadows that are CLOSER to the light

FORM SHADOW: DARKER

• Medium Toned Shadows: consists of shadows that are further from the light and are closer to the core shadow