5/10/2011Today you will need:

Notebook/paper

Pen/pencil

TURN IN:

Photograph (emailed or printed)

Bar Graph Challenge worksheet

Drawing People

Name: Date: 5/10/2011

Per:

Figure drawing

uses the human form as the main subject matter

Portrait the likeness of a person in an artwork

Objectivewhen something is realistic and can be recognized for what it is

Realism when artists try to create artwork that captured reality as much as possible

Abstractwhen something is slightly recognizable but is changed from reality

Proportion relationships between the sizes of things

Grid Technique

using crisscrossed, parallel lines over a picture to help in drawing proportionally

Contrast strong differences between elements

Light source

where the light seems to be coming from

Highlight brightest or lightest part of a picture

Review terms:

• Raise your hand to tell the class what these terms mean!

• Value

• Contour Line

Chuck Close

• uses the grid technique to create very large portraits

• Started out drawing realism• Sudden stroke made it

impossible to draw like he used to

• Created a new style for his portraits

Artwork before illness

This IS a drawing!

A drawing!

Art work after illness

We will see a few movie clips about Chuck Close later on…

• Your assignment will include drawing a realistic portrait using the grid technique and value.

• You are able to bring in your own photo– Enlarged faces only. 4”x6” or larger. Black

and white is ideal.– Email them if you cannot print:

vjking@cps.edu– You will use Ebony pencil

Answer in your notes

• Which Chuck Close style do you enjoy most and WHY?

• vjking@cps.edu