Year Group: 4° ESO

CHUCK CLOSE STYLE PORTRAITS Term Date: Autumn

UNIT COVERED:
Experimenting with Techniques

STANDARDS
STANDARD 1.2: Students recognize significant works of Western and non-Western art
STANDARD 3.1: Students identify and apply criteria to make informed judgements about art.
STANDARD 4.3: Students develop and apply skills using a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, tools, and processes to create works that communicate personal meaning.
STANDARD 4.4: Students reflect on, revise, and refine work using problem solving and critical thinking skills.
STANDARD 5.1: Students create original works of art.
STANDARD 5.2: Students exhibit individuality in the interpretation and appreciation of images.

OBJECTIVES KEY QUESTIONS

• Student can recognize values. • How do you best proceed when enlarging a portrait using the grid method?
• Student exhibits individuality in the interpretation and appreciation of images. • How can different values be achieved with one hue only?
• Student reflects on and refines work using problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Student can enlarge an image accurately using the graph method.
• Student understands how skin colour can be mixed.
• Student is able to prepare specific colour formulas, making colour schemes and tables.
• Student is able to mix colours that are appropriate for specific artistic effects.
• Student creates a neat and tidy artwork.
• Student shows good attitude and behaviour (see rubric).
• Student shows good organizational and time management skills.

CONCEPTS MAIN ACTIVITY KEY VOCABULARY RESOURCES

Chuck Close Students revise the meaning of the term “value”. Chuck Close PP Presentation on Chuck Close
Portrait Students learn how to mix skin colour. Value Fashion magazines
Value Students are introduced to works by Chuck Close and discuss his Light/Shadow Printed portraits of stars the
Skin Colour work process and the effects he achieves with his images. Grid students chose.1,5 cm grid
Grid Method Students create a portrait in the style of Chuck Close: Skin colour overlaid.
Students enlarge a photo using the grid method. Pencils
Students make value scales. Erasers
Every field of the overlaid grid has to be painted with the same hue. Brushes
The values have to be mixed according to the values of the photo Tempera
in order to achieve the impression of volume.

ASSESSMENT / EVALUATION / ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Class discussion
Assessment rubric