Recreate your own painted version of Seurat’s masterpiece.
What will my children learn?
During this lesson your children will –
Learn that Seurat painted using thousands of tiny dots of colour, not brushstrokes.
Experiment with dot painting, seeing how small marks can build a larger image.
Strengthen their understanding of colour theory and visual perception.
Learn to look closely at shapes, figures, and spacing in Seurat’s work, understanding how a scene can be broken into smaller parts.
Develop attention to detail as they notice how light, shadow, and colour are used to build a scene.
Begin to grasp how scale and spacing create a sense of depth, learning about foreground, background, and distance in a landscape.
Explore how artists like Seurat tell a story about everyday life through people and setting.
Build hand-eye coordination and control whilst drawing and painting.
Create a picture that requires concentration, perseverance, and careful planning-all skills that transfer to other areas of learning.
Recreate the painting in their own personal way, fostering individual expression and imagination.
Engage in discussion about community, leisure, and everyday life, relating the artwork to their own experiences.