POINTILLISM:
Pointillism /ˈpɔɪntᵻlɪzəm/ 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 developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism.
Students Use predetermined REFERENCES: our favorite CARTOON CHARACTERS.
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME:
All have been sized and grided in photoshop to be able to be re drawn and re- sized by each student to twice the size on a hand drawn grid of equal PROPORTION.
After the character is drawn- We discuss the importance of layering color for pointillism and how dots of color should be seen in order to give the viewer new colors from distances.
COLOR SCHEMES
We chose a warm and cool color scheme for this project. All NEGATIVE SPACE will be completed using a variety of warm colors starting with Yellow and continuing through Red.
All POSITIVE SPACE will be finished in a variety of Cool colors and the Colors are detrmined by the references' CONTRAST.
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