Description on How to Do a Grid Drawing ED TECH 541/BSU © 2012 Matt Klaber, Butler Tech CDS. All rights reserved.

1. Grid
Drawing
Worth 100 Points
Mr. Klaber’s Shakira Grid Drawing (animation)

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

5. POP QUIZ!

6. When comparing these two pictures, name two
things on the left that are out of proportion?
Neck and Hair Nose and Forehead

7. Yes. The nose
and forehead
are WAY OFF!
Time to go to
the next slide.

8. Nope. Those
are fine. It’s the
nose and
forehead that
are WAY OFF!

9. Famous Grid Artist: Chuck Close
• Photo-Realist
Painter
• Life was filled
with tragedy at a
young age
• Confined in
wheelchair

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

11. Chuck Close: Interview

12. Chuck Close: Examples of Work
Big Self
Portrait,
Chuck Close,
1967
(pencil)

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

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

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

16. Chuck Close: Other Links
• Chuck Close: Process and
Collaboration
• The Colbert Report Interview
(2010)
• Chuck Close: Details

17. How to Grid Draw:

18. How to Grid Draw (Recap):
• Find your photo
and make sure
it’s at least 8 or
more inches on
each side (width
and height)

19. How to Grid Draw (Recap):
• Make 1 inch by 1
inch squares all
over your photo
so it looks like
this:

20. How to Grid Draw (Recap):
• Grid your
drawing paper 2
inches by 2
inches and in the
same dimension
as the photo so it
looks like this:

21. Breaking it Down:
• When you are working on one individual
grid, it helps to break it down further to see
where lines intersect and where details
should go:

22. • There are two different
methods of grid drawing:
–Grid at a Time
–Outline Drawing

23. Example of a Grid at a Time:
• Solely focus on
one square at a
time drawing,
shading
everything
perfectly before
moving on to the
next one.

24. Example of a Outline Drawing:
• Solely focus on
getting the
major lines and
details first.
Then going back
and completing
the shading.

25. Example of a Outline Drawing:
• Solely focus on
getting the
major lines and
details first.
Then going back
and completing
the shading.

26. Grid Drawing Objectives:
• Student will
understand the
concept of drawing
with a grid.
• Student will utilize
the elements of art
to create a
realistic drawing in
black and white.
Dani & Cristy by Dani Grimes, 2010

27. Grid Drawing Objectives:
• Students will learn
about proportion
and utilize this
knowledge in their
drawings.
• Student will create
work that
demonstrates
shape, volume,
depth, proportion,
and dimension
Biggie Smalls by Lindsay Gaspara, 2009

28. Have your photo ready
by tomorrow!
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