Self Portrait: Grid Method

Scale Drawing

Students will draw a portrait in the style of Chuck Close using a grid.

Materials

• White drawing paper 10x10 • 5x5 Photograph
• Pencils, Rulers, Erasers
• Colored Pencils

Objectives:

I CAN:

Photograph myself (using a square format and print it 5x5 inches)
Use a grid method to enlarge my portrait to 10x10
Learn about the artist Chuck Close who made the grid method famous
Use colored pencils to capture color, values and contour in my self portrait

SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENT DUE 1/11

If you can print this at home on a color printer it would help SO MUCH. If not, you can email your photo to me and I can print it. If you do not have access to a device to photograph yourself please let me know and we can do this during class on Monday.

Take a square format selfie, edit contrast and saturation as you would like (no silly filters)
Put this photo in a word document and make sure it is 5x5 inches
Print and bring to class

Grid drawing will work as a method to enlarge an image as well. We will be going from 1 inch squares to 2 inch squares.

zoom_out_map

5x5 inch square self portrait

Print your chosen head shot as a 5x5 image. If you put the image in word you can drag the picture and enlarge it and it will show you the measurements. You can print it a little larger than 5, like 5.10 to make sure your borders are big enough.

We will then measure 1 inch squares over our photo...carefully.