Painting I students start off learning value and the basics of color theory. They then begin a monochromatic self portrait in which they determine what their 5 separate values will be and use a grid system on a photograph to enlarge the image. For the pixelated still lifes, the boys selected a piece of food which we then pixelate using Photoshop. They grid their canvas out, paint and then supply a landscape background of their choosing, giving the finished work a surreal quality. We look at the work of George Seurat, Chuck Close, Rene Magritte and traditional old master still lifes for reference along the way.