I saw this art lesson at Kinderart and thought it looked like it would be fun to do; something that both girls would be able to do – since there is a six year age gap.
The girls didn’t want to paint the picture that was suggested, so we searched for some other paintings by George Seurat and they settled on this one:
Pointillism is a technique of painting where you apply small, distinct dots of pure colour in patterns to form an image. We used cotton buds to dab on the paint. The full instructions on how to do this can be found here.
This is how they look hanging up:
Linking to:
They look great…..what a good idea.
Two budding Artists ! ! !
i love them displayed as ART.
LOVE this! Pointilism is one of my favorite styles of painting & this is such a fun, creative way to help kids make & appreciate that style of painting!! The pictures look wonderful too! Thanks for linking to TGIF! I can’t wait to see you back next week!!
Beth =-)
I just wanted to let you know I featured your wonderful art activity on TGIF Link yparty #6 – http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/2011/11/tgif-linky-party-6-2-weeks-long.html – thanks for linking them up!! Go grab an I was featured button! I can’t wait to see what you link up this week!
Beth =-)
I LOVE this idea! It’s neat to get beyond the paintbrush (and fingerpainting). Definitely bookmarking this one!
where is my painting, i need a new one to add to my wall,. love the colours you used