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Painting with Dots - Kirkland Style

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Pointillism is the focus of a lesson that asks young artists to compare Vance Kirkland's painting style with aboriginal dot art, and then to produce their own piece of dot art.

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Classroom Considerations
  • Alas, while student samples and works by Kirkland are included in the packet, the instructor will need to collect from the Internet images produced by other artists
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information
Pros
  • The 19-slide PowerPoint presentation includes images of Kirkland's paintings, a brief biography, student samples, and a recreated image of Kirkland's painting straps
  • The plan is richly detailed and includes links to related resources
Cons
  • No samples of aboriginal dot art are included in the packet