As we do every year, we started studing the most elemental graphic design element, the dot. When we stroke onto a surface with a pencil or brushpencil we get a rounded but irregular mark on that surface. Stippling consist of drawing little dots which placed closed to each other allow us to obtain shading and textures in drawings. This technique is called Pointillism when we use colored dots. Artists like Seurat and Signac used this technique in their masterpieces at the end of nineteenth century.
“Profile model” by Seurat, 1886-1887.
But when we stipple a piece of paper, using ink for example, we gather or separate dots in orden to shade and apply textures to our drawings. To see how amazing results we can get using this tiny graphic element watch the video tutorial below. Enjoy yourself.