CHIAROSCURO: PLAYING WITH LIGHT AND SHADE. 3rd ESO

Chiaroscuro by Dolors Cubí Quadrada

Activity: value scale and chiaroscuro

1.  Grayscale

     1.1. Draw and paint a grayscale in the top of a cardboard.  It should be something like this:

     1.2. In the same cardboard, draw and shade figures 1 and 2 using the tones of the scale.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Material required:

• A4 Cardboard
• Soft lead pencil (2B)
• Eraser

2.  Chiaroscuro still life

Choose one of these pictures as a model.  Draw and colour it using chiaroscuro technique.

Material required

• A4 cardboard
• Soft lead pencil (2B)
• Eraser