The Pointillism Technique
POINTILLISM - is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image.
Georges Seurat & Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism (small dabs of paint).
Pointillism used the science of optics to create colours from many small dots placed so close to each other that they would blur into an image to the eye.
The pixels in the computer screen are just like the dots in a Pointillist painting.
Seurat's masterpiece (6 feet tall x 10 feet wide) was painted with tiny dots of pure colour over two years.