A manner of drawing by which the usual drawing method of applying dark strokes over light coloured paper is reversed. Instead, the composition is defined by light values, such as white gouache, over a dark ground. The etymology of the word is the combination of the two Italian words chiaro, meaning light, and scuro, the [...]
A manner of drawing by which the usual drawing method of applying dark strokes over light coloured paper is reversed. Instead, the composition is defined by light values, such as white gouache, over a dark ground. The etymology of the word is the combination of the two Italian words chiaro, meaning light, and scuro, the word for dark. (Unidentified German artist, 16th century, Martyrdom of St Barbara). Good examples of the technique may be found in the work of Leonardo Da Vinci, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Peter Paul Rubens.