Face2: Art 220 Portraits Face2: Grid-Based Self-Portraits ART
220, Fall 2008 Wilson Library, 3 Central Based on the work of
Chuck Close, the process of creating the self portraits for this
beginning painting class required students to take close-up
photos of each other, and to create a grid on the photo and on
their canvas. Next, the image was transferred to the canvas unit
by unit, mixing a different color for every unit. They have to
average colors when different colors occur in the same unit.
Most paintings have one to three thousand units - an incredibly
sophisticated optical color-mixing exercise. It is at the same
time a reflection on how an image is constructed digitally.