The document discusses Chuck Close, an American artist known for photorealistic portraits. It notes that Close suffered a spinal injury in 1988 that left him paralyzed but that he continued his career as a contemporary artist. The document provides instructions for students to create a gridded portrait by transferring the details of a photographed image square by square onto paper using techniques like hatching and stippling.

2. What is this?
Can you tell me what medium the
artist used to make this image?
Is it a…..
Drawing?
Photograph?
Painting?

3. Photorealism
 .  an artist
attempts to
create a painting
or drawing so
precise and
exactly it can be
mistaken for a
Self portrait
photograph

4. Chuck Close
Let’s find out about his work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
lgsFYXsdcp0

5. What did you
notice about
Chuck Close?

6. About the artist
On Dec. 7, 1988, at the age of 49,
Close was at the height of his
career as a portrait painter when
he was stricken with a spinal
blood clot that left him a
quadriplegic
(a person who is paralyzed in
both arms and both legs)
He was also dyslexic.
(A learning disability in which a
person finds it difficult to read and
write)

7. Overcoming a disability

8. Contemporary Artist
This is a person who
is alive and making art
TODAY

9. Size Matters
Notice the SCALE of his images.
Scale has to do with the SIZE of a image.
How would seeing this image large scale be different than seeing it
on a small scale?

11. Portrait
A portrait is a painting,
photograph, sculpture, or other
artistic representation of a
person,depicting only the
face or head and shoulders

12. First
 Grid out the
photographed image
 Use ½ inch squares to
make the grid

13. Grid Blank Paper
 Use 1 inch Squares
 Label rows 1- 10
 Label Columns A-N

14. Label
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8….. LABEL YOUR

A
PHOTOGRAPH GRID
B AS WELL
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
.
.

15. Medium
 Charcoal  Pencil

16. Contour Lines
 Outline your image
 Begin to add important
details such as mouth,
nose, eyes etc.
Contour lines
define a form
or an edge.

17. Begin to transfer

18. Technique
Gradation Stippling
Hatching
Cross
Hatching

19. Next Step
 Begin to add value
SQUARE BY SQUARE
 ONE SQUARE AT A
TIME!

20. Continue Working

21. Finished

22. Questions ?

23. Todays Exit Assignment
Worth 100 points
 Go on google and find one PORTRAIT done by
CHUCK CLOSE.
 Copy and paste the image into a word document.
 Write a 100 – 150 word paragraph about the work.
 Print to printer 4015 and hand in at the end of
class.
 UseYOUR OWN WORDS!
 Plagiarizing will result in a ZERO!