Georges Seurat was a French painter who invented a style of painting he called "Divisionism."  Today we refer to this style as "pointillism" because it involves the application of tiny dots, or points, of color to the paper or canvas.

Students used non-traditional painting techniques to make these gorgeous watercolor landscapes.  They explored using q-tips, the end of their paintbrush, watercolor pencils, and their pinky fingertips as a way to make millions of little dots on their paintings.  They reviewed color theory (primary, secondary, tertiary/intermediate, and complimentary colors) before studying optical blending.  Optical blending is when the painter places separate dots of colors next to one another rather than mix them on a palette.  The viewer's eyes blend the colors together instead!