In the Style of Rembrandt
It's Friday! Time again for our Friday Art Class. This week I had the kids do a pencil drawing using the techniques that Rembrandt van Rijn would have used. To be more precise, it's called Chiaroscuro or "the quality of being veiled or partly in shadow". Basically, Rembrandt was/is famous for his paintings and drawings in which there is a great contrast of shadow and light. To try out hand at that here, we used a washbowl and pitcher and a lamp in our darkened kitchen.
I was happy to notice a few things had finally sunk in regards to Ruth's art. 1. She shows gradual shading on the pitcher and washbowl-darker farther away and lighter towards the light source. 2. Her counter shows depth. This was something I hadn't formally covered with her like I did the shading, but I've shown her a few times how to make a cube v. a square and I thought it was kinda neat that she picked up on that on her own and has since been using it in her pictures.
Stay tuned for next week's project: chalk drawing ala Peter Paul Rubens
The subject and light source (not a real good picture, but I was trying to show you what the kids saw)
Ruth and Gabriel working on their still life (well, one of them is working....)
Ruth's finished portrait. It is entitled: Cawntr Picher (Counter Pitcher). On the right is says "in the stil uf rembrant" (in the style of Rembrandt) and of course, like any great artist, her signature at the bottom
I was happy to notice a few things had finally sunk in regards to Ruth's art. 1. She shows gradual shading on the pitcher and washbowl-darker farther away and lighter towards the light source. 2. Her counter shows depth. This was something I hadn't formally covered with her like I did the shading, but I've shown her a few times how to make a cube v. a square and I thought it was kinda neat that she picked up on that on her own and has since been using it in her pictures.
Stay tuned for next week's project: chalk drawing ala Peter Paul Rubens
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