Advanced Drawing Course (Chiaroscuro with Conte Pencil)

This course is designed in a way that puts you on the right path towards mastering chiaroscuro with Conte pencil, and by the end of the course, you will be able to perceive light and shadow under different conditions and to recreate them on paper.

Chiaroscuro, Italian for light-dark, in art, is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modelling three-dimensional objects and figures. Similar effects in cinema, and black and white and low-key photography, are also called chiaroscuro. (Ref.: Wikipedia)

Required Materials
2b drawing pencil, 6b drawing pencil, pencil eraser, sketchbook or paper, drawing board, cutter, 6.5mm drawing mechanical pencil (preferably Cretacolor), black conte pencil, white conte pencil, flat head brush, chiaroscuro-specific cardboard, white gouache, fine brush size 3/0, paper stump in small and medium sizes.

* A quick review of drawing and Chiaroscuro with pencil (2 sessions)

* Three or four Model-based Drawing projects (based on the learner's preference) with high educational potential and depending on the learner's pace (10 sessions).