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Pointillism ATC

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Pointillism ATC
Swap Coordinator:GoingTwinsane (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Artist Trading Card (ATC)  Newbie 
Number of people in swap:20
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:December 31, 2009
Date items must be sent by:January 6, 2010
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

I have always liked this kind of art. My daughter is working on a pointillism piece for school and that inspired this swap.

While originally created as a technique for oil paints, pointillism can be done using any medium. The object is to create your art only using dots. You can use markers, paint, colored pencils, whatever-just don't let the colors blend.

You will create 1 ATC for 1 partner. No 1's, newbies only with completed profile. I will ban as I see fit.

You ATC must be standard size on a sturdy base. NO STICKERS. Let's make this one real art.

Discussion

JessiPancake 12/17/2009 #

Is this senders choice as far as theme/subject matter?

GoingTwinsane 12/17/2009 #

Yes

rick1949 12/18/2009 #

Georges Seurat invented the technique of pointillism as an excercise in colour theory-the point was not that dots of oil made up a painting rather that green was not green but made up of many colours and when viewed from a normal distance appeared to be green-simply painting with dots would not be pointillism its the way the dots interact to create colours thats important

GoingTwinsane 12/18/2009 #

Yes. You're right. But for simplicity's sake I don't expect everyone to create an ATC comparable to Seurat's work. It's beautiful either way.

craftycrocheter 12/18/2009 #

I've been wanting to get back into doing some ATC's and this sounds like fun.

Garrent 12/18/2009 #

I've always been a big fan of Seurat, but never thought if attempting pointillism myself. Thanks for the opportunity to get my points across. ;o)

Kyrian 12/18/2009 #

Great idea! I can't wait to make one. I haven't done this since high school art class.

GoingTwinsane 12/18/2009 #

@Kyrian Exactly! My daughter is doing this as her final art project for her senior year! I think the kids do an amazing job! It's not exactly "pointillism" as described by @rick1949 but you get the "point" LOL! :)

GoingTwinsane 12/18/2009 #

I always like the magazine ads and posters that were kind of pointillism..the ones where, if you look closer are made up from a bazillion tiny little pictures to make one big one! Too cool!

Jemennuie 12/20/2009 #

Can it be black and white? I know that's not traditionally the idea of pointillism. I've done a few poster size pieces and I really like the way they look in black.

GoingTwinsane 12/23/2009 #

I don't see why not. I've seen people do them that way.

nikkidear 12/30/2009 #

Actually pointillism technically has nothing to do with color, it refers only to the application of the dot, the color side of it is called divisionism, and both were employed by artists Signac and Seurat. This then became known to modern artists as scientific pointillism. And the whole thing was invented not by Seurat, but by Signac. I'm an Art Historian specializing in Modern and Contemporary Art and I just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in.

GenjiPomf 12/31/2009 #

@Jemennuie I'm glad you asked about black and white. I was going to ask the very same thing! I believe the black and white version is called stippling.

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