How can a simple dot engage your imagination?
This digital art lesson will let students dive into the world of Pointillism inspired by Georges Seurat. Using Keynote, students will transform simple fruits into eye-catching digital artworks made entirely of dots exploring hue, texture, layering, and color relationships while learning how tiny details can work together to create an expressive masterpiece.
About the Artist:
Georges Seurat is the founder of Pointillism and used tiny dots of pure color placed closed together to visually blend them when viewed from afar. Check out one of his famous work that took over two years to complete titled "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte".
What you'll need: An iPad with Keynote and an Apple Pencil.
Instructions:
- Download the attached Pointillism Art Sample and open it in Keynote.
- Choose a photo of a fruit.
- Select the photo and tap on the paintbrush icon.
- Select "style" and decrease the opacity to 30%.
- Using the Apple Pencil tap on the screen to activate the palette.
- Select the crayon tool.
- Tap on the crayon tool again and select the largest stroke size.
- Select the color palette and find a color that matches the fruit.
- Start with the darkest hue of the color.
- Using the Apple Pencil point on the screen to create a dot stroke.
- Layer with lighter hues or decrease the selected color's opacity.
- Repeat the stroke with layers of colors to complete the image.
Go Further: Try using pointillism to reimagine animals and objects!
Attach up to 5 files which will be available for other members to download.