Chuck Close

Who does Chuck Close paint?

Family, friends, and fellow artists

What view does he use of the face?

Frontal, head- on

____ is the gradual change of value or color.

Gradation

What was the technique he used when transferring from photo to the canvas?

He creates a grid of small squares and fills them in one by one.

How does he hold his paintbrush now?

He straps it to his hand. He still uses both hands though.

What happened to him in 1988?

He was hospitalized due to the sudden collapse of a spinal artery. He was paralyzed from the neck down until he later got movement in his arms and legs back.

How did his paintings change around the time of him becoming paralyzed?

He went from realistic to grids. He had a change in style. His coloring went from blended to not blended.

What is his year of birth?

1940

In what year did he start painting from small black and white photos?

1967

When was the first portrait shown in the video made

1967/68

In what year did he start leaving the grid in the picture?

1970

How old was her when he started drawing nude from models?

8 or 9

What is a portrait?

A picture of a real person (or animal) usually focusing on the face.

How large are his paintings in general?

About the size of a wall

"Take advantages of the ____"

Accidents

What is Chuck Close's nationality?

American

What is optical mixing?

Colors/shapes placed next to each other that seem to mix at a distance.

For his 5th Christmas, his father made him an ____

Easel

A ____ is a system of equations used to reproduce or enlarge an image.

Grid

A ____ is the area(s) with the lightest value.

Highlight

Name two of his paintings:

Lucas, Francesco

Of the artists we have studied, who does Chuch Close paint like?

Pablo Picasso- The both do self-portraits and their painting are both broken down.

Contour drawing is using just ____ to define all edges.

Solid lines

Why does he paint so large?

This way people can see the detail and it is hard to ignore.

What are three characteristics of his work?

Thought-provoking, large, detailed

_____ is the lightness or darkness of a color.

Value