Today we continued our study of master pointillist, Georges Seurat. First we took a close look at one of his most famous works, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grad Jatte (1884-1886).
We learned from this that pointillism takes great patience, it took Seurat TWO YEARS to complete this painting and while doing it he refused to talk to friends and family. The finished piece of art was 7 feet tall and 10 feet across- completely made of tiny dots of paint.We had lots of fun with dots today- using a project I found online to create pointillist pictures with melted crayon. First the kids drew a simple picture in pencil on a piece of cardstock.
When they were ready to paint each child got a bunch of old crayons (wrappers off) and a lit candle. Starting with the main color they wanted to use for their background, they held the crayon in the flame for a short time (just enough to lightly melt it without dripping) and then dotted their paper with the melted wax.
Patience in action! For each dot they had to place the crayon back in the flame....this took a long time.
They continued this process, remembering the idea of optical mixing and placing specific colors next to others to create new shades of color.
After two full hours here are their works of art- they are beautiful and also have a really nice texture to them. They all want to finish them later so we'll post the completed pictures then. I'm sure there will be several kids asking to do more of these, they are even asking to paint the wall this way!
But don't try this at home unless you are prepared to sit for a LONG time. This basic tree I made as a sample for the kids took four hours.
2 comments:
Well done !
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