[ Whimsical tune plays ] -That's right, dots!

Whoa!

That's a lot of dots.

Okay, everybody, outta here!

Phew!

Why am I thinking about dots?

Well, dots are really fun to think about when you're making art.

In a style called pointillism, artists put dots of color on the canvas.

If you've ever looked at an old comic book, you'll notice that the color is made up of dots.

That's how they mixed colors and got a variety of colors into the comic book stories -- by using lots of dots.

This artist worked in a style called Cubism and look at how the dots create patterns as part of the overall design of the painting.

Alright.

This is too many dots!

And I think I want to get out of here.

I have an idea.

Let's go to my drawing board and we'll make some art using dots.

It's going to be a really cool technique.

Come on!

I'm going to make a drawing today using dots and what am I going to draw?

I'm going to draw this pepper that I found at the supermarket.

I really love the shape of this pepper and I think it will make a beautiful drawing.

I'm going to use a technique called... Stippling involves making lots and lots and lots of little, tiny dots.

If you want to have darker shading, you need to put the dots closer together.

And if you want to have lighter areas, you make the dots farther apart.

I'm actually going to just go little by little with the dots.

I'm going to map out the shape of the pepper and add in some darker areas gradually.

The great thing about working in a stippling technique is you're doing one dot at a time, so, you can't really do any huge mistakes.

You just keep adding dots and then, if you put a dot in the wrong place, well, put another one in the right place and I just keep going.

I'm looking at the pepper and looking carefully at where the dark areas are.

The areas that I need to be dark have a lot of little dots in them, the areas that need to be a little lighter have fewer dots, and then there's a lot of areas in between.

I just keep adding dots.

It takes a while.

Stippling is a technique that takes a little bit of patience because you have to build up the dots gradually, until you get the darks and lights that you want in your drawing.

Stippling is fun.

Takes a lot of patience.

It's lots and lots of dots and dots, but in the end, it's a really interesting result.

You should try it.

Oh, look, there's my helper, Pencil!

-I love dots!

Dots everywhere!

Dots are so much fun!

-And Pencil and I have a challenge for you -- for you to make a drawing of your own, using dots.

Use the technique called stippling -- use the dots to make different kinds of darks and lights.

The more dots you put together, the darker your shading will be.

The fewer dots there are, the lighter your shading will be.

Try to make a range of darks and lights in your drawing.

Before I go, I just wanted to say -- Wait a second.

Too many dots!

Aah!

I can't stop them!

Aaaaah!

What can I say?

They got me.

I guess I'm going to make some more dot drawings.

I'll see you soon.

Bye.