Chuck CloseSelf-Portrait, 2004
The eighth grade classes have started the Self-Portrait Unit and will continue to work on them during our four-day week. Each student is using a photograph of themselves to create a self-portrait inspired by the grid process used by artist Chuck Close. The students are measuring and designing their grids, then numbering each corresponding box. By mid-week, we will begin the process of analyzing the values and shapes in each box and enlarging it to the doubled grid on their drawing paper.
