Dots in art

1. Elements of Art
DOTS

2. DRAWING DOTS
The dot is the simplest element of drawing.
It’s the smallest unit we can draw.
These dots can be big or small, in color or in
black and white, thickthick, or thin;
They can be drawn next or very far to
others. They can also be drawn so big that
they are considered circles.

4. Every painting, drawing, or
photograph is a collection of
dots and lines. Lines and dots
are the building blocks of art,
the main ingredients of a
recipe.

5. Mosaic of Teodora,San Vitale in
Ravenna, Italia
The mosaics
are made
by lots of
little pieces
of pottery

6. All the images
and pictures
in the
newspapers,
the TV and in
your computer
are made by
dots

7. Dots everywhere!

8. KLEE made wonderful paintings
using dots.

10. Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte,
1884-86
Look carefully. This picture is made of many, many
tiny dots of color.

12. The French word for dot is “point”.
This way of painting became
known as POINTILLISM.
It is still called this today.

13. Depending on how and where
we draw them, we can create
a line, an image, a shadow
zone, etc…

14. FIRST ACTIVITY
Materials needed:
. White card stock
. A black pen, felt-tip pen, a crayon, …

15. Instructions:
Draw two squares of ten cm. of side.
1. Draw some dots close together in
the center of the first square, making them
farther apart as you move outward.
2. Into the second square draw some
dots close together around the edges of
the shape, making them farther apart
asyou move inward.

16. Paul Signac, Harbour at Marseilles, 1907
If you were
standing in
front of the
real painting,
you would
need to stand
some distance
away to see
this ship
sailing in the
port

17. Let’s try painting like this!!!
One way is to paint with your pens using
only the tip, over and over again, or using
a small brash.
You can also try a faster way by dipping and
old toothbrush in paint and rubbing the
bristles over a screen. Be sure to aim the
paint over paper!

18. Paul Signac, Antibes, evening, 1914

19. ACTIVITY TWO
With paper and pencil draw the rough
outline of a ship and the horizon line
between the see and the sky. Then
choose a color for the ship, one for the
sky, and one for the sea. Choose colors
that go well together. Now fill in the areas
you have drawn with dots of color.

20. Presentación realizada por
Sergio Altea Cueto.
Muchas de las imágenes, comentarios y
ejercicios están sacados del libro
A YEAR IN ART, ed. PRESTEL