Meet the Artist

By Jackie Lind

January 25, 2007

©2007 musee-virtuel

Painting with George Seurat

• Who am I?

• I am a French painter

• I lived in Paris

• When were you born?

• I was born on December 2, 1859©2007 Namen der Kunst

My Style of Painting

• Pointillism

• Science within painting

• Mixing of colors

• Small dots

Beginning My Work of Art

• Draw first

• Pure color

• Beautiful colors

Creating My Work of Art

• “Dots” of small color

• “Dots” very close together

• No mixing of color

• Primary colors Red, Yellow, Blue

The Masterpiece

© 2007 daveey.netapt.com/art/pics/seurat.jpg

Fun Facts• George Seurat believed that allowing the

paint color to flow into another color created a dirty tone.

• The creation of very small dots of color is the mixing of colors itself.

• George Seurat died at the early age of 31

© 2007 willowbrookacres.com/seurat.jpg

© 2007 www.gym-landau.de/kunsterz/seurat.jpg

© © 2007www.gigliwood.com/mentos/seurat.jpg

What do you know about Seurat?

• Where did he live?

• What type of art did he create?

• What are the primary colors?

• Did he like to mix colors while the brush was wet?

• Did he paint on a clean sheet or draw first?

Work Cited

• http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Emerson/seurat.html bibliography

• http://www.artelino.com/articles/georges_seurat.asp

• www.georges-seurat.com/images/artist/7.jpgpicture of George Seurat

• www.musee-virtuel.com/docs/seurat/seine-jatte.jpgpicture of sailboat/water

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_color