DRAWING WITH DOTS - Huichol Art.

The dot is THE SMALLEST element that we can use to draw and paint. 
There are different types of dots according to their shape, size and colour. 
If the dot is very big we consider it as a plane. For example, at night, we can look at the sky and see different types of dots: the stars- which are small dots- and the moon. In this case the moon is a plane because it’s the biggest dot in the sky.

Let´s look at some examples of use of dots in Art:
HUICHOL PEOPLE is one of most ancient mexican cultures. They adore painting with dots. Sometimes they use crystal beads to make drawings and sculptures:

And some more Huichol examples where LINES are used:

In this work we are going to paint with dots:

Choose an animal or plant first: a frog, a flower, a fish or whatever. 

Draw it with pencil, and rule some lines to divide it into different colours.

Then, start colouring it, DOT BY DOT, COLOUR BY COLOUR.

It takes some patiente to get this result...

Once finished, blacken the background, to make it even more interesting. (You might also cut i t down and stick on a dark cardboard).

BASIC ELEMENTS OF DRAWING: DOTs, LINEs and PLANEs

http://www.slideshare.net/noeliacalle/dots-lines-and-planes-29317558

WORKING THE CUBIST WAY

TO TRANSFORM a composition into a CUBIST WORK

you´ll need to pay attention to these three hints:

1) There isn´t a single viewpoint , 

but many: 

you may draw a portrait FRONTALLY and LATERALLY at once.

2) Background and shape are usually confusing: 

there is not much logical space in this style. Perspective is also illogical.

3) The CONTOUR is never complete: 

as the shapes are "mixed" with the background, the CONTOUR will disappear sometimes.

Here you are going to watch an example made (digitally) for you:

-Can you follow on the CONTOUR?  Why?

-Can you easily distinguish the SHAPE  from the BACKGROUND? Why?

-Is there a lot of different colours? Why?