OverviewThe goal of this lesson is to create an image that is devoid of detail but is still recognizable as your source image. To make this happen you will need to create an accurate grid and use that grid to correctly place colors and values. Portraits tend to work well for this assignment. Humans are naturally predisposed to find faces in unclear images. That being said, you can do a landscape or a still life if you would like. Please take your own photo or you may use a famous masterwork. Stuff like the Mona Lisa or Van Gogh's Sunflowers are fair game but don't just grab any old photo offline. You don't have approval to use someone else's art.
Because some of you will be using original photos and others masterworks, the size requirements vary. Your source photo should be no smaller than 4x5 and no larger than 8x10. Your paper size will be double your photo size, so an 8x10 source photo will yield a 16x20 work of art. |
The smaller your photo, the fewer pixels you will have to work with. This means your image might be harder to interpret. Click on the gallery below to see how number and size of pixels as well as the size and cropping of your image effects the clarity of your final product.
Click through the gallery below before moving on to finding or taking your source photo.
Instructions
- Measure your photo in inches and cut your paper accordingly. Remember your paper is twice the size of your photo, so a 4x5 photo means your paper should be 8x10.
- Grid your source photo using a 1/2' grid and your paper using a 1' grid. If you have done it correctly, you should have the same number of squares on both. So again, if you have a 4x5 photo with a 1/2' grid, there will be 8x10 squares. Your 1' grid on your 8x10 paper will also give you 8 squares by 10 squares.
- Turn in your gridded photo and paper so that I can check your progress and make sure that you are on the right track.
- Now for the fun part. You can use watercolor or acrylic for this assignment. Each square of your photo will have a dominant color. It is your job to mix that color and place it in the corresponding 'pixel' on your piece of paper. You are not allowed to add details to your squares.
- Craftsmanship is key- make sure that the edges to each of your squares stay nice and clean.
- Your completed project should look like a blurry or pixelated, but recognizable version of your original photo.
- Submit your photo and your painting along with a completed rubric for a grade.
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