Over the next few weeks we will be experimenting with an art form known as Pointillism. Below is an exerpt that gives a brief outline of what this art form is. The link will provide you with greater information about it and the artists which have chosen to work with this impressionist art form.

http://www.fineartsurrey.com/artTypeDetail.php?aid=39

‘Pointillism is a style of painting in which small distinct points of primary colors create the impression of a wide selection of secondary colors. The technique relies on the perceptive ability of the eye and mind of the viewer to mix the color spots into a fuller range of tones, and is related closely to Divisionism, a more technical variant of the method. It is a style with few serious practitioners, and is notably seen in the works of Seurat, Signac, and Cross. The term itself was first coined by art critics in the late 1880s to ridicule the works of these artists, and is now used without its earlier mocking connotation.’