1. Grid Drawings

2. How does a grid help with accuracy in drawing?
Think-Pair-Share
How does a grid help with accuracy in drawing?

3. EOA and POD

4.                          
Key Term
Grid Drawing- drawing a grid over your reference photo, and then drawing a grid of equal ratio on your paper. Then you draw the image on your canvas, focusing on one square at a time, until the entire image has been transferred.

5. Grid Drawing
Using a grid helps to simplify the proportions and shapes of a desired picture.

6. Why a Grid? It is easy to learn.
Helps train the eye in the matter of proportion.

7.                          
Key Term
Proportion- describes the size, location or amount of one element to another (or to the whole) in a work.

8. Chuck Close Famous grid artist Photo realist painter
Life was filled with tragedy at a young age.
Confined to a wheelchair.

9. Close’s Gridding Process
Starts with a gridded photograph.
Transfers the scaled grid onto canvas.
Always starts in the corner of the canvas.

10. Examples
Big Self Portrait
Chuck Close
1967
Pencil

11. Examples
Abbildung 8: Leslie
Chuck Close
1973
Painting

12. Examples
Lucas 11
Chuck Close
1987
Painting

13. Video
Video: Chuck Close on Following the Grid

14. How to Grid Draw
Select your photo that has 1” squares on it.

15. How to Grid Draw Grid your drawing paper so it is 2” by 2”.
Make sure it is in the same direction as your photo.

16. How to Grid Draw
When working on one square, it helps to break it down further to see where lines intersect and where the details should go.

17. Types of Grid Drawing There are two different kinds of grid drawing:
Grid at a Time
Outline Drawing

18. Grid at a Time Focus solely on one square at a time.
Draw and shade everything perfectly before moving on to the next square.

19. Outline Drawing
Focus solely on getting the major lines and details first.
Then go back and complete the shading.