Thank you to everyone who responded. I have given all
suggestions to the teacher and she feels well armed
for her lesson. Below are the responses with names
deleted. Thanks again.
The book, Willy's Pictures by Anthony Browne has a
take-off on one of Seurat's works in it. This book is
a very light-hearted look at many of the most
recognizable artworks and techniques/movements
throughout history. A must for the art teacher...
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I think Kalsha (not sure of spelling..at home...on
break!) has the book "I want a dog". In it there is a
picture of the park with people walking their dogs
that is done in pointalism. Hope this helps. It's a
primary picture book.
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Well, I can't think of any illustrators off the top of
my head. The most famous artist to use it is Georges
Seurat and I did find a book on him that might be
good:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0516224964/qid=1041542273/sr=1-17/
ref=sr_1_17/102-4179789-5180955?v=glance&s=books
It's part of a series called "Getting to know the
World's Greatest Artists"
But as for any modern "picture book" sources I can't
really think of any, and even if an illustrator DID
use pointillism, it would be pretty hard to tell in
the images used in the book. It would be just like
looking at Seurat's work in an artbook, the detail is
lost and unless there are close-ups in the book you
can't even tell it's pointillism. Does that make
sense? I'd say that the teacher's best bet is to find
children's
biographies on Seurat, where there will most likely be
super close-ups of his art to use as examples in the
book.
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Stippling as I understand it is closely aligned to
pointillism -- dots to form the image. Anyway. Craig
Brown uses the stippling technique in all of his
books. His most recent is Barn Raising (Greenwillow,
2002). He has a website at
http://www.geocities.com/craigbrown_2000/au_visit.html
which showcases some of his books.
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An easy thing to do to illustrate the technique is to
place a magnifying glass in front of a television.
Immediate recognition of pointillism is evident.
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In Google, try Pointillism "picture books" and you
should be able to find something you can use.
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This is a fun book and it has an illustration of
pointillism included, among other techniques:
Willy's pictures / Anthony Browne.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick, 2000.
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Suret knew a lot about dots.
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That's all folks. Thanks very much.
Kaline Goodrich
Hermon Elem. & Middle Schools
Hermon, ME
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