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
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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