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Grid Drawing
What is a Grid Drawing? A drawing that utilizes a grid to simplify the
proportions and shapes of a desired photo.
Why Grid? It’s easy to
learn and helps train the eye in the matter of proportion.
Describes the size, location or amount of one element to another (or to the whole) in a work.
When comparing these two pictures, name two things on the left that are out of proportion?
Neck and Hair
Nose and Forehead
Famous Grid Artist: Chuck Close Photo-Realist
Painter Life was filled
with tragedy at a young age
Confined in wheelchair
Chuck Close: Gridding Process Starts with
gridded photo Transfers scaled
grid onto canvas He always starts
in a corner of the canvas
Chuck Close: Examples of Work
Big Self Portrait, Chuck Close, 1967(pencil)
Chuck Close: Examples of WorkAbbildung 8: Leslie, Chuck Close, 1973 (painting)
Chuck Close: Examples of Work
Lucas, Chuck Close, 1993(painting)
Grid Drawing Objectives: Student will understand the concept of
drawing with a grid. Student will utilize the elements of art
to create a realistic drawing. Students will learn about proportion
and use this knowledge in their drawings.
Student will create work that demonstrates shape, form, space, and proportion.