Pointillism..magic of dots !!!
Pointillism is a form of painting in which tiny
dots of primary-colors are used to generate secondary colors.
The term "Pointillism" was first used with respect to the work
of Georges
Seurat, and he is the
artist most closely associated with the movement. The relatively few artists
who worked in this style also included Paul Signac and Henri-Edmond
Cross.
Instead of mixing colour pigments on a palette and then applying the mixture onto the painting,
the Pointillist applies small dots of pure unmixed colour directly onto the
picture and relies on the eye of the viewer to mix the colours optically.
Viewed at the right distance, (supposedly three times the diagonal measurement)
the dots of colour give a richer and more subtle effect than can be achieved by
conventional techniques.In the below painting by Paul Signac, Femmes au Puits, 1892, showing a detail with constituent colors.
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