Art Class

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Grid Drawings

• Art Class
• Ravenna Schools

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Project Goals

• To produce a photo-realistic pencil drawing
• To increase the awareness of how much seeing
  improves drawings
• To improve proportions and scale in drawings

Artist Chuck Close in action
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Description

• Students will choose a full page magazine picture
  (or personal photo for advanced classes) in order
  to reproduce it on paper
• Junior high will use 12x18 sized paper, while
  high school will use18x24.

Figure or Face

• Choose something that will challenge you, you are
  able to do very difficult drawings with somewhat
  of an ease.

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The Process

• 1/2 squares on the magazine or photocopy.
• Mark it dark and measure from the same edge twice
• Draw a Line See a Line!

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The Process, cont.

• Mark lightly on the white paper with 3/4 or 1
  squares using a yard stick (light on the white).
• Include the numbers

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The Process, cont.

• Analyze each square as you lightly sketch out the
  drawing
• sketch all of the drawing out before you shade
• Use lights and Darks effectively
• contrast helps turn an average drawing into and
  outstanding one!

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Student Examples

• Jennifer Plummer

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Student Examples

• Danyell Roth

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Student Examples

• Danyell Roth

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Student Examples

• Krysta Lammers

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Student Examples

• Amanda Luth

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Student Examples

• Dustin Schroll