Grid Problems # 2&3

• Cover two 18”x24” paper supports with tinted gesso.
• One with a cool color
• One with a warm color
• Create a grid on each support using your mathematical guide.
• Transfer the information from each grid square of your photo to its corresponding square on each page using only thin washes of black, white, and your chosen hue.
• You may use one of two approaches:
• Fill each square entirely with one color (as you did the first two problems).
• Transfer a representation of all the various values, shapes, and lines in each grid square, enlarging it for the full sized composition.

Assignments due:  April 10

• Notebook:
• Research the blue period and rose period of Pablo Picasso.  Place your notes, images of Picasso’s work, and any articles into the notebook.
• Sketchbook:
• Find images by artists who use monochromatic color in their work.  Insert research of and images by at least two of these artists.  Only one of them may be an artist mentioned in class today.
• Create a small, one-page monochromatic composition from life observation.  This may be done in any color medium (paint, watercolor, color pencil, etc.), and may be executed by mixing monochromatic colors or by using black and white material on a toned ground.

Grid Problems #1 & 2

Grid Problems

For the remainder of the semester, you will work on a series of “grid problems.” For these assignments, each painting in the series must be based on a photograph.  An overlaying grid will be drawn on the photograph and an aspect-corresponding grid of a larger scale will be placed on each sheet of gessoed 18”x24” paper.  How you then translate the information within each square of the original grid into its corresponding square on the painting will depend on the particular problem.

Grid Problem #1:  Value

1. Create a grid on your sheet of 18”x24” gessoed paper (the support) using your mathematical guide.
2. Transfer the information from each grid square of your photo to its corresponding square on your support.
3. For this problem, you will use only black and white acrylic paint.
4. Examine the values within each grid square and mix ONE value to fill its corresponding square on your support.
5. To do this, you will analyze the values within the grid square to figure out what you believe the “average” value is.
6. Repeat this process with each square until the painting is complete.
7. Assignment due MARCH 27

Grid Problem #2:  Complimentary Colors

1. Create a grid on your sheet of 18”x24” gessoed paper (the support) using your mathematical guide.
2. Transfer the information from each grid square of your photo to its corresponding square on your support.
3. For this problem, you will use acrylic paint in only two complimentary colors.
4. Choose one color that will represent white and one that will represent black.
5. Examine the values within each grid square and choose or mix ONE color to fill its corresponding square on your support.
6. To do this, you will analyze the values within the grid square to figure out what you believe the “average” value is.
7. Repeat this process with each square until the painting is complete.
8. Assignment due MARCH 27.

Notebook & Sketchbook Assignments

• Notebook:
• Enter your notes from class.
• Figure out your grid’s mathematical guide and record it.
• Sketchbook:
• Record your mathematical guide here too.
• Choose an image by Chuck Close or D-L Alvarez, paste it into your sketchbook, and do a master study in the medium of your choice (except graphite pencil).