"Almost every decision I've made as an artist is an outcome of my particular learning disorders. I'm overwhelmed by the whole. How do you make a big head? How do you make a nose? I'm not sure! But by breaking the image down into small units, I make each decision into a bite size decision. I don't have to reinvent the wheel everyday, it's an ongoing process. The system liberates and allows for intuition and eventually I have a painting" - Chuck Close
BIG IDEA: While working as a team and collaborating students will graph grid blocks from 2 inch squares to 12 inch squares to create a larger realistic composition.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How will using the grid system advance and improve my drawing skills over time to be more accurate?
Why might it be important to understand that one part is just as important as the whole? How will this be related to team building?
KEY KNOWLEDGE: Students will:
There is a simple method of ensuring that a finished work will have proper shape and perspective. Artists dating back to the ancient Egyptians knew of a technique to break down a painting into smaller "grids" to effectively divide the image they were painting into a number of smaller images, each of which has less detail than the whole. The "grid method" was even used by Leonardo Da Vinci in both his works and in teaching. Today the grid method is alive and well in many art schools, but the math that's required deters many would-be artists.
DESIGN PROCESS:
1. Students will be given their piece of the pie and learn how to work independently and then eventually work together.
2. Focus on completing your larger piece of the pie. Make sure your piece connects with the piece on the side of it or below or above it.
3. Once drawing is complete we will lay down all pieces to double check anything that needs to get tweaked before coloring.
4. Begin coloring...dependent on what group has decided as final medium. Again...check with piece on side, or below or above.
CORE CONNECTIONS:
BIG IDEA: While working as a team and collaborating students will graph grid blocks from 2 inch squares to 12 inch squares to create a larger realistic composition.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How will using the grid system advance and improve my drawing skills over time to be more accurate?
Why might it be important to understand that one part is just as important as the whole? How will this be related to team building?
KEY KNOWLEDGE: Students will:
- Learn about scale, ratio and proportion
- Understand the difference between shape and form.
- Use new media techniques and processes by looking at shapes instead of the subject as a whole to create artwork proportionally larger.
- Work together as a team to create artwork.
- Learn about artist Chuck Close, Da Vinci, M.C. Escher and other influential people while developing art.
There is a simple method of ensuring that a finished work will have proper shape and perspective. Artists dating back to the ancient Egyptians knew of a technique to break down a painting into smaller "grids" to effectively divide the image they were painting into a number of smaller images, each of which has less detail than the whole. The "grid method" was even used by Leonardo Da Vinci in both his works and in teaching. Today the grid method is alive and well in many art schools, but the math that's required deters many would-be artists.
DESIGN PROCESS:
1. Students will be given their piece of the pie and learn how to work independently and then eventually work together.
2. Focus on completing your larger piece of the pie. Make sure your piece connects with the piece on the side of it or below or above it.
3. Once drawing is complete we will lay down all pieces to double check anything that needs to get tweaked before coloring.
4. Begin coloring...dependent on what group has decided as final medium. Again...check with piece on side, or below or above.
CORE CONNECTIONS:
- When doctors operate on a patient they isolate the area to better concentrate on the part vs. the entire body. All parts are connected to a whole.
- Using a grid is beneficial in creating blueprints. Engineers must have skills in not only math but understanding the spatial relationships of shape. Drawing while using a grid system helps with these skills and also advances confidence and levels of understanding how to draw better.