Chiaroscuro Drawings

Chiaroscuro is an Italian for clear/light "chiaro" and obscure/shadow "obscuro".  In art it is a contrast between light and dark and is usually applied to bold contrasts affecting a whole composition but is also for the use of effects representing contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in objects or figures.  The drawings below are some samples I did while taking my Drawing I class.
     

Medium:  Graphite on Strathmore sketch paper
Dated: 2011
Original size: 8"x 10"
Original Art: NFS

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Pierce Brosnan as Ian Fleming's James Bond

Pierce Brosnan ignited the screen when he took on the role he was born to play: Bond.  James Bond.  Ian Fleming's 007 has never looked so good!  

This illustration pays tribute to the terrific performance that Pierce Brosnan gave as James Bond with such film hits as GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. 

Medium: Graphite on sketch paper
Dated: 1996
Original size: 9"x 12"
Original Art: NFS
Prints: sold out

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Anck-Su-Namun

I was working on my "Ramses the Damned" illustration and wanted to play around with the idea of a female mummy.  This sketch is the result of that.

Though I drew this in 1995, when the film "The Mummy" was released in 1999, I began to think she looked a lot like Anck-Su-Namun, the secret lover of Imhotep and the mistress of Pharaoh Set I.  

Medium: Graphite and Prismacolor on Sketch paper
Dated: 1995
Original size: 11"x 14"
Original Art Available: $200

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Depeche Mode: Breathing In Fumes

This is a song illustration that I created for Depeche Mode's B-side song Breathing In Fumes from the 12" single Black Celebration.

Medium: Prismacolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1993
Original size: 11"x 14"
Original Art: NFS

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Rampant Lion

This illustration was done for two reasons: 1) as an exercise in metal texture and 2) to prepare myself for some Arthurian illustrations that I have had in the works for some time now.  As part of my research, the shield itself was influenced by a traditional medieval armory collection.

Medium: Prismacolor on Artagain paper
Dated: 1998
Original size: 9"x 12"
Original Art: In the collection of Bob Glass




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