Chuck Close
Chuck Close is an American painter that does large-scale portraits, often abstract. In his work, Chuck Close using grid drawing to lay out his paintings. Many of his early realistic portraits are in black and white, but he began to work in color later on.
Here is his website: http://chuckclose.com/
Here is his website: http://chuckclose.com/
Here is an example of his realistic portraits
When working with color, he would make red, yellow, and blue images of the work in order to accurately develop layered colors.
In his abstract work, Chuck Close uses various shapes of different colors within his grids squares to create various shading and color areas. Here is a close up and full image of one of his works.
Here is an image of Chuck Close working on one of his large-scale abstract pieces.
Pieces created by Chuck Close
Chuck Close Interview
Here is an interview with Chuck Close about recent changes to his style
Chuck Close Videos
Here is a video in which Chuck Close writes a letter to himself at 14 years old. He talks about his struggles and how he became the artist he is today.
Here is an interview with Chuck Close