George Seurat Pointillism

Art Activity: Georges Seurat Pointillism

Make a piece of art just like the French artist Georges Seurat!
Activity best for children age 4 and up

Georges Seurat was born and raised in Paris, France. He was very interested in the science of color. Georges Seurat found that instead of mixing colors of paint, he could make tiny dots of different colors next to each other on his canvas and his eye would mix the colors for him! He felt that this styled helped his paintings appear brighter and bolder. This style of art is known as Pointillism. Today, you will get to make your own Pointillism piece of art!