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In the late 1800’s, a French artist named Georges Seurat painted his very large “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”. It actually took him two years to complete what is widely considered his masterpiece. Seurat is noted for developing pointillism, a technique where a lot of tiny dots are combined to form a picture. This technique relies on the ability of the eye and the mind of the viewer to mix the colors. I love the grand scale and shading of this painting, so I opted not to color my sample with the dot technique, but more ambitious students are welcome to take it on! And please send picures if you do. This mural has 28 pages to color and is 55" by 40" when complete.
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I like the idea, but I'd like to do it with painters from my own country. How did you make it into a pdf?
Kathy, just wanted you to know that the murals I got for our small private school turned out fantastic. I decided to use them as a fundraiser at our end of year Art Gallery. I displayed each childs art projects in addition to the murals. I put bid sheets in front of each mural and we did a silent auction. I hoped to raise enough money for some watercolor paper and a few other quality supplies for next school year. Two families got into a friendly bidding war over Sunday Afternoon and it alone went for $410!!! We raised almost $700 total all of which will be used for the art program next year. Thank-you for sharing your gift!
So glad to hear about your success with the murals. They must have been really well made to generate such excitement. Congratulations!
Our mural of Sunday Afternoon came together really well during our school's open house last Friday. The kids that signed up had a great time in 30 min. sessions. Even the school system president stopped by and was very impressed. I'll have some photos available when we put our final touches on it and possibly frame it with some white strips.
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