1. • Describes the size,
location or amount of
one element to
another (or to the
whole) in a work.

2. What is a Grid Drawing?
• A drawing that utilizes a grid to simplify
the proportions and shapes of a desired
photo.

3. Why Grid?
• It’s easy to
learn and helps
train the eye in
the matter of
proportion.

4. Chuck Close: Gridding Process
• Starts with
gridded photo
• Transfers scaled
grid onto canvas
• He always starts
in a corner of the
canvas

5. Chuck Close: Examples of Work
Abbildung 8:
Leslie, Chuck
Close, 1973
(painting)

6. Chuck Close: Examples of Work
Mark, Chuck
Close, 1979
(painting)

7. Chuck Close: Examples of Work
Lucas, Chuck
Close, 1993
(painting)

8. Collaborate
verb
• work jointly on an activity, especially to
produce or create something.

9. Your Project
You will take a 1.5” square and enlarge it to a
12” square to create a collaborative piece.
We will put all the pieces together to create a
final mural.
Make the details and the colors as EXACT as
possible!
MATH QUESTION:
How many times larger is the bigger square??

10. Your Project
You will take a 1.5” square and enlarge it to a
12” square to create a collaborative piece.
We will put all the pieces together to create a
final mural.
Make the details and the colors as EXACT as
possible!
MATH QUESTION:
How many times larger is the bigger square??