Let’s start by getting to understand the meaning of Pointillism in Art.

Pointillism is an Art techniques where the image is formed by applying dots in a specific Pattern.Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed this Technique in 1886.

Georges Seurat was a French Artist born 1851 in Paris. He died in 1891 at the young age of 31. But in this short lifespan he got a lot of critical appreciation for his painting Techniques. In this post we will try to create some artwork inspired by one of Seurat’s popular paintings The Eiffel Tower( 1889). 

Some Fun Facts:

Seurat actually finished his painting 2 months before the actual Eiffel Tower was finished. When the construction of Eiffel tower was finished, the structure was painted a Reddish brown color to prevent rust, over the years it has been painted multiple times with a lot of different colors before it was painted the current Bronze color.

We will first draw a simple drawing Of Eiffel Tower first and then try to color it using the Pointillism technique.

Things Required:

1. Drawing Paper, pencil and Eraser
2. Acrylic Paint or Tempera Paint
3. Some Q-tips

HOW TO DRAW THE EIFFEL TOWER step-by-step

 

 

Once you have your outline of Eiffel Tower, you plan to paint it using Pointillism Technique.

Get your colors organized..I used Red and Yellow and a little brown for the Eiffel Tower and some Green, Yellow and Blue for the Background.

You can practice  applying the paint inside a drawing on a practice paper using a Q-tip first and then when you get an idea of how it might work, you can apply the paint on the Actual Drawing.

You can practice making a ball and a flower on your practice paper, before working on our Eiffel Tower Drawing.

 

Started with the lighter shade(yellow) and then added red on top.

After practicing working with the Q-tips, we are finally ready to apply it on our Eiffel tower drawing!

 

You can try some other simple ideas like a sailboat, a fall tree or a balloon with the same technique too!!