Making A Chiaroscuro Self Portrait Part 1 || @CBRusso

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Get App Chiaro-Light Scuro-Dark @CBRusso on

Optional: A Toothy Or Textured Paper, Charcoal/Pastel Is Best Optional Tools: Vine Charcoal, Charcoal Pencils, Black And White, Blending Stump, Kneaded Eraser, Compressed Charcoal Block (not Pictured) Desk, Clamp, Or Flashlight Ruler

Get App In the dark, shine a small light on your face (variety of ways) to cast shadows, and snap pictures 1 @CBRusso on

Get App On your phone or in Photoshop, make images black and white and enhance the contrast to make choice 2 @CBRusso on

Get App Choose your final reference, one that has great and unique shadows cast, then print if possible! 3 @CBRusso on

Get App If you choose a white, gray, or black paper, each option lays down a layer of value for you already! 4 @CBRusso on

Get App If your paper is larger than your photo, trace the size of your photo onto the final paper 5 @CBRusso on

Get App Scaling your sketch 6 @CBRusso on

Get App Placing your features 7 @CBRusso on

Get App *vertical 8 @CBRusso on

Get App Throw in your contour line drawing (recognize actual and implied lines) 9 @CBRusso on

Get App It is really tempting to erase and correct here, but get the whole thing sketched in before tweaking 10 @CBRusso on

Get App With a lot of info, it makes more sense to compare parts at this stage, THEN erase and tweak 11 @CBRusso on

Get App Begin throwing in your hard and soft edged values, dance your materials back and forth to fine tune 12 @CBRusso on

Get App The more layers you add, the easier to blend but also the more permanent the placement, so be sure! 13 @CBRusso on

Get App Adjusting should not be a point of frustration, it is a part of the process! 14 @CBRusso on

Get App End of part 1 demo: Broad values. Coming soon: specific values to the fine details 15 @CBRusso on

Get App P.S. It doesn't look like me yet...but it will! Part two coming soon! (older self portait shown) 16 @CBRusso on

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CBRusso CatieBeth Implied Texture on a 2D Surface Making A Chiaroscuro Portrait Part 2 View full profile

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