>>7998841strictly speaking not traditional pointillism, but I guess Afremov's method could perhaps be considered a variation of traditional pointillism
both methods are generally based around oil paints, though traditional pointillism almost exclusively uses a brush to apply small spots of colours to a canvas; but small spots of bare canvas may be left exposed between the painted spots to add some light and texture to the painting. This method can give an appearance when viewed at distance similar to watercolour painting, but when viewed close-up will clearly resemble the kind of multicolor halftone printing methods used in magazines, etc.
whereas Afremov mostly used a small palette knife to apply larger spots (or daubs) of colour to build up an image all over the canvas, usually leaving no bare canvas exposed, with any light in one of his paintings coming directly from the combination of paint colours used, this generally gave his art a darker more textured appearance than you'd get with traditional pointillism, with the artwork maintaining it's distinctive bold oil painting appearance whether viewed close-up or from distance.
