Thursday, April 19, 2012

Hero Portraits (2007)

Students studied the artwork of Chuck Close and his stylized use of grids within his portrait paintings. Students chose someone they considered a "hero" to be the subject of their portrait. The created one inch grids and enlarged a photo to 16x 20. Each square needed to be filled with line designs while capturing the varying shades and contour lines of the face.






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  1. We read an article about Chuck Close in Tier 2...his art and life is amazing!

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