1. An Italian term literally meaning “light-dark”
Chiaroscuro Drawings
An Italian term literally meaning “light-dark”

2. Chiaroscuro is accomplished by dramatic light sources within the composition creating extreme lights and darks.
Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicoleas Tulp by Rembrandt

3. Rembrandt’s Self Portrait

4. The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt

5. Subtractive Drawing
Instead of adding to the surface of your paper, you will subtract from the surface
Using Charcoal you will accomplish a chiaroscuro image with a dramatic light source
The subject matter is up to you, however, I want you to draw from an image that you took!!!
For homework – take several images at home to use for this project
Two self portraits – dark room with a small bright light source
Landscape - Showing Chiaroscuro with either natural or man made light sources
Still Life – set up a still life or use objects already arranged together with one light source
Contast is KEY! You may want to edit your photos to bring out more contrast and make your images black and white.

6. Homework Examples

9. THIS IS A GRADED HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT!!!!
You will need to either print out your images
I would put them into a word document and print out one sheet for all 4 images (size them down) OR
You can a word document with your images to my teacher account
MUST be ONE PAGE ONLY!
Keep a copy in your own incase it doesn’t show up in mine (you cannot rely on technology)
Saved word document on a flashdrive

10. Example of what it should look like:
Two Self Portraits (pretending these are Emily)
One Still Life
One Landscape
Emily Saltysiak
Name

11. Expectations
Printing it out is best because you will need this for your assignment. You will be using one of your own images!
This is your thumbnail sketches for this project – will be worth 20 points – cannot start this project without the images
Every day it is late it goes down one letter grade
If you your images and they do not show up in my you are still responsible for them! Make sure you have a backup (saved to a flashdrive or backed up in your own – some s are not accessible here)
You may want to print it out during homeroom because eventually you will need a print out of your images.