I've never heard it referred to as pointillism. In art school we referred to it as stippling. Here is another good example:
http://dropdeadmeggz.deviantart.com/...pple-143415227

You can get a lot of great effects from it, but it's real tedious work.

absolutly fantastic, tried it once, should I say attempted, those are amazing, love horses and you have caught those perfectly.. keep it up xx