Seurat and His Dots

We took a departure from our normal routine to celebrate Dot Day.
What exactly is Dot Day?...

We took the term, "Dot Day" rather literally.  :)

We began by completing a "close read" about George Seurat and wrote about our learning.

We learned some interesting things about George Seurat.  We learned that many people did not like his new way of painting.  He  became friends with Vincent Van Gogh and Edward Degas, and they created their own  group of independent artists.

We tried the pointillism technique after learning about it.  We started with a simple image and used colored pencils.  Then we tried creating more complex images with dots.

Mrs. Roth let us use some of her Seurat work for inspiration and learning.  

Then we tried using this technique with paint and q-tips.

Here is a video of the students working on their pointillism project.

When we went to art class, Mrs. Roth challenged the students even further to create a clown using the pointillism technique in the art room. 

We took photos of the clown pointillism projects using a 3D app. Students can look at their clowns with 3D glasses to make the clowns appear 3 dimensional.

We had a great time learning and celebrating Dot Day!