Grid Paintings
Inspired by Nick Gentry
Project Description: Students will be creating paintings based on realistic subjects using the grid method. Students will be painting on floppy discs to use as the grid and give the same look and style as Nick Gentry's portrait paintings.
NICK GENTRY
Drawing on recycled and obsolete technological materials as the grounds for his paintings, London-based artist Nick Gentry creates a conversation between digital and analog processes. Gentry constructs his painting supports out of materials such as 35mm film negatives, VHS cassettes, X-ray prints, and floppy discs. “These objects are no longer in the spotlight,” the artist has said of obsolete artefacts, “but by placing them there for a second it becomes easier to comprehend the speed and extent of the changes that are taking place today.”
http://www.nickgentry.com/
NICK GENTRY
Drawing on recycled and obsolete technological materials as the grounds for his paintings, London-based artist Nick Gentry creates a conversation between digital and analog processes. Gentry constructs his painting supports out of materials such as 35mm film negatives, VHS cassettes, X-ray prints, and floppy discs. “These objects are no longer in the spotlight,” the artist has said of obsolete artefacts, “but by placing them there for a second it becomes easier to comprehend the speed and extent of the changes that are taking place today.”
http://www.nickgentry.com/
GOALS:
-Real subject used.
-Using the grid method correctly.
-Paint applied matches the color and texture close to the real image.
-Real subject used.
-Using the grid method correctly.
-Paint applied matches the color and texture close to the real image.