The Dot

A vibrant abstract painting with colorful circles and overlapping shapes on a bright, dotted background, embodying the concept of The Dot.
Grade K learned about the most very basic marks in art… DOTS and CIRCLES.  The class read the book The Dot, by Peter Reynolds.

They also looked at a slide show of artwork that uses dots.  These are some examples:

This is Australian Aboriginal Art:

Aboriginal artwork features two lizards with intricate dot patterns in black, yellow, red, and white, surrounded by concentric circles.
Abstract art featuring overlapping colorful circles in blue, green, yellow, pink, and purple on a white background. Inspired by The Dot.
Colorful abstract artwork featuring various sizes of circles and dots in red, green, blue, pink, and yellow on a white background.
The Dot features a colorful abstract composition with various shapes and sizes of circles and polygons in bright hues on a light background.

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  5. My granddaughter just told me about the book, 'The Dot' last week. Her AP English teacher read this to her class. They also had to create a picture using dots and circles. You are nevertoo old for picture books.