Mid-Week Draw Online: Week 29
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With the clocks going back for the end of British Summer Time on Sunday, this week’s theme is everything getting darker.
English Watchman in 4b pencil
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If you are tempted to have a go, please share your drawings with us! We would love to see them. Email them to Beth at beth.burr@rpmt.org.uk.
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Come back next Wednesday to see what new objects Beth has chosen.
This week’s additional ideas:
- Use an angle poise lamp to create dark and light on a subject that you want to explore. Try moving the lamp around in different positions so that the light shows different depths on the object.
You could use a black piece of paper (pastel paper is great for this, but any will do) with a white coloured pencil, or pastel to sketch the highlights you can see on the subject, leaving the black paper as the shadows.
An example of famous chiaroscuro is: The Deposition of Christ by Caravaggio, or Allegory, Boy Lighting Candle in Company of Ape and Fool by El Greco
- Create a page of different lighting devices you can find ie lampshades / torches / streetlamps / candle sticks (and holders). The more the merrier!
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Beth Burr, Museum Support Officer