Pointillism: Paul McCartney

For this assignment, I wanted to pay homage to a very prominent musical artist, but had trouble finding magazines that have pictures of the old school artists I love.  I went to the Bestseller and asked for the Rolling Stones magazine, and found Paul McCartney's photo.  Perfect!  First, I traced the 8x11 picture plane for my composition.  I then, by eye, chose the make-up for the picture plane without using a viewfinder.  I placed a grid on the magazine's photo of Mr. McCartney and also drew a grid on my picture plane to ensure that I place my contour line outline of the portrait in exact proportions.  I used the contour lines as a guide for the placement of the "points", attempting to refrain from replicating contour/actual lines.  Through the use of the points, actual lines are made, yet are not considered contour lines.  Also, through the use of value changes we see implied lines.  We are guided with Paul McCartney's eyes, also creating psychic lines.  The shadows on McCartney's face, eyes, neck and the portrait background were the value changes I was most focused on.  Dark and closer points transitioning into lighter and further apart points ultimately created the value changes.  This portrait is one of my most favorite works of art this semester!