Chiaroscuro

 I was looking at ways to improve resemblance in my drawings. Be it caricatures or portraits.

Then I came across the book "The artist's complete guide to drawing the head" by William L Maughan. I learnt the term chiaroscuro. Leonardo da Vinci followed the principle of chiaroscuro.

Firstly I ordered the book "The artist's complete guide to drawing the head". Then I ordered derwent proportional divider.

The book is available as a free pdf. Still I ordered a hard copy.

There are problems working with white and black. But nevertheless I took the chance to work on chiaroscuro in black and white.

Here are some snapshots.

I applied chiaroscuro and I think the resemblance has improved. Rajendra Kumar and Harry Baweja portraits.

Resemblance is an old concept. Today it is hyper-realism. Nevertheless I want to work on resemblance.

Have a nice day, dear blog readers !!

And of course my obeisances to my guru Da Vinci. For chiaroscuro !!