chiaroscuro figure

VALUE

•Value is an element of design.•defined as the lights and darks in an art work. •black, white and ranges of grays.•Value can be a color and the lights (tints) and darks (shades) of that color.

LIGHT

• We see light through waves of energy traveling through the air that are recognized by light and color sensitive receptors in our eyes.

• Light moves in straight lines, a SHADOW results from something blocking the light.

Key

• The relative lightness or darkness of a picture or the colors employed in it; used in preference to value

• High Key• Low Key• Full Value Range

Sphere-6 Categories of Light

CHIAROSCURO

• In drawing and painting, the use of light and dark to create the effect of three-dimensional, modeled surfaces

Representing the Effects of Light

• Realistic

• Emphasis

• Expressive

Atmospheric Perspective

Expressive use of light

Emphasis

• Tenebrism--violent chiaroscuro, dark manner used to lend mood or emotional expression, typical of Rembrandt

Rembrandt Drawing at a Window

Dramatic use of light and dark

Drapery & Figure/Ground Relationship

• Elements are perceived as either figures (distinct elements of focus) or ground (the background or landscape on which the figures rest).

• Drawing III can experiment and investigate a melding of the drapery and figure

• What can be the similarities between drapery and the human form?

Artist Ferdinand Hodler

Themes: symbolism

Swiss painter, 19th century

Expressionist, realism

Materials Needed

• Vine and willow charcoal• Charcoal pencils, one soft, one medium• Kneaded eraser• White eraser• Higher quality paper• Spray fixative• Tape

Additive Reductive Process

• Tape paper evenly around edges to create a border

• Use vine or willow sticks and apply evenly to paper, covering the entire surface

• Aim for middle range value• Use vine or willow to draw preliminary

sketch

Additive Reductive Process

• Use soft charcoal pencil to shade in darkest values

• Medium charcoal pencil for medium values• Use kneaded eraser to create the light values• Use white eraser for highlights• Work from general to specific• Leave details until the end