Seurat’s La Grande Jatte Art Project

Seurat’s La Grande Jatte

Pointillism Project

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Materials needed
Written instructions
Step-by-step illustrations

This project comes from Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. I took a small corner of the painting and adjusted it to the abilities of 8-12 year-olds.

All you need for the project is some heavy paper (watercolor or multimedia drawing paper works best — you could also use index paper or card stock), a pencil, a box of Crayola watercolors (or another brand), water, paper towels, a handful of Q-tips and a willing student.

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The project comes from this painting:

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
by George-Pierre Seurat
1884-1886
oil on canvas
Found at the Art Institute of Chicago
Georges Seurat [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons