Pointillism

 Valentines Craft

This technique is known as a "pointillism."  
Definition:  a technique of neo-impressionist painting using tiny dots of various pure colors, which become blended in the viewer's eye. It was developed by Georges Seurat with the aim of producing a greater degree of luminosity and brilliance of color.

This style of art uses dots of colors to make a picture.  When you look at the dots side by side, it connects the colors so you can figure out what the picture is, even though the colors don't actually touch each other or blend together on paper.  

For the older kids, you can use this activity as a way to introduce the child to a specific style of art.  Here are a list of artists that used this style of technique.  https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-pointillism-artists/reference  

Here is also a great link to help your children understand the art style and some art work.  https://www.widewalls.ch/pointillism-dotted-art/

There is a lot more to this art activity than just swapping out your paint brushes for cotton swabs!

What you’ll need:

• Cotton swabs
• Paint, either on an palate or plate, or in individual cups
• Paper

Instructions:

Dab the cotton head into your paint and then onto your paper.  You can dab your paint into creative patterns or shapes on your own, use coloring book sheets (focus on coloring books for younger children with large, simple designs), or print out any number of free cotton swab painting templates by searching for “q-tip painting.” To show their creative style, just let them make up their own.