Just Dots

Pointillism is a style of painting in which small distinct points of primary colors create the impression of a wide selection of secondary colors. Also, it is an original form of art created by George Seurat. Pointillism is a bunch of tiny dots formed together to make a picture. Using this techique, he created huge compositions with tiny, detached strokes of pure colour too small to be distinguished when looking at the entire work but making his paintings shimmer with brilliance. Works in this style include Un dimanche après-midi à l'Ile de la Grande Jatte.

This technique, pointillism, had been used in many ways and long time periods, and one can perceive its transition in the actual artworks, new techniques and effects. For example, The Ben-Day Dots printing process, named after illustrator and printer Benjamin Day, is similar to Pointillism. Depending on the effect, color and optical illusion needed, small colored dots are closely-spaced, widely-spaced or overlapping. Roy Lichtenstein has popularized Benday dots in his comic book paintings.

If one returns to Seurat’s style, also, one can find similarities between his pictures and actual art; such as, album`s art of famous singers and on optical illusions.