Ya know, I think the school's scanner ****ed up the shoe one because it honestly does look weird, (like a smart blur or something) I will rescan that at some point. It's all mine though! Thanks :-D
The technique is done by studying an area of by direct observation, or in a photograph, whichever you choose, and analyzing it's exact value. You then recreate that value by using (usually) pen and ink and just making little dots on your paper until the illusion of that value is created. You then move on to another area. It is SO MUCH easier with photographs.
Pointilism is the same thing, only with color - like to make a purply scene, you would make red dots, blue dots, and then depending on the light, whichever other colors would be needed etc...