Weekly Art Thread (7/28 - 8/11)

[K0LD]

Alright, the first art thread was mildly successful. I'd like to see more these next two weeks, and I'm hoping that the subject will allow for some more creative freedom.

This week's theme is: Chiaroscuro

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, chiaroscuro is a technique in art that utilizes light and shadow to produce the illusion of depth in a 2D work of art. So what does this mean for your artwork this week? Try to create an achromatic (colorless) work of art that utilizes chiaroscuro.

K0LD's Example:

I'll post my example hopefully tonight. I need to snap a picture of it with my digital camera first.

With that, go have fun and make stuff!

[津軽]

Umm.. Like this?

[K0LD]

Sort of. Chiaroscuro isn't strictly black and white. You can use other values of grey. Here's an example by Giovanni Baglione:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Baglione.jpg

While it is in color (I want you guys to focus more on value than color, hence why I want achromatic works this week), Baglione does use value extensively to produce the effect of depth in the painting. Notice how the top angel tends to pop out over everything else with the near white skin tone and the bottom angel tends to be behind it with the lesser values? That's how chiaroscuro works.

Also, I suppose the better way to define achromatic is to say colorless, since black and white tends to mean strictly those two colors. I'm going to fix that now... ^_^;

[navfn2000]

I'm more of a Caravaggio fan, but whatever...

(will post later)

[exit]

Gave it a try :o



Meant to do more with the angelic figure and the bit of light on the ground but.. No time right now and I didn't want to come back to it later. So yay for doodles?

and yay for weeklies

[taboo]

Hm, something like this yes?

Shinji Ikari :For Judith of the Weak Mix:



Or is it more like this?

Heather :Watching You Mix:

[taboo]

Sorry for the bumping and all, but I wish this idea wouldn't come to a grinding halt K0LD. It's very nice.