Introduction to Charcoal and Gesture

Exploring the Portrait/Self-Portrait

Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

charcoal technique

Chiaroscuro Lighting

in the style of Rembrandt

Rembrandt

“chiaroscuro” means “clear dark”The figure emerges from the shadow into a spotlight

Chiaroscuro Light (the object emerges from deep shadow into a spotlight

Rembrandt Memling

Compare the left with the right .

Manet

Rembrandt

Botticelli

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Florence McCafferty

Renee Kelley

Sandra Schlutz

Thuy Kang

Suva Chatterjee

Larry Elias

Review of last week

shape of the skull

The skull in 3/4 view (the view in which you most often see it in life).

Directional light from a single source helps to define the planes of the skull.

Otto Dix, 1913

The boundary between the side of the face and the front.

-Eyes are in shadow;

- The upper lip is in shadow;

-There’s a 'ball' at the end of the nose;

-The chin is rounded.

Lucien Freud

Review of last week

Contour Line

Variety of line = "beauty"

fast/slow

thick/thin

light/dark

Blind contour drawing drawing without looking at the paper

Gesture and body

language

Body language

The tilt of the head gives added interest to a portrait.

Auguste Rodin

Alice Miller

Alice Miller