Year 5 Chuck Close Inspired Portraits

I created a project for Year 5, inspired by the finger printed and grid portraits of Chuck close. Pupils first completed a series of drawing exercises in their sketchbooks, before creating a black finger printed portrait. Following this the pupils were given a piece of gridded A3 in which to paint a series of colourful shapes. The fingerprinted portrait was then cut out and stuck upon the painted grid background.


Detail of a Chuck Close portrait, showing the gridded patterns.

Finger painted portrait of the artist's grandmother (1985