Three Eggs on Blue Cloth

American Artist, Hall Groat II, reveals his approach to chiaroscuro through a painting of three eggs on a blue cloth. An element in art, chiaroscuro (Italian for lightdark) is defined as a bold contrast between light and dark . The French use of the term, clair-obscur, was introduced by the seventeenth century art-critic Roger de Piles in the course of a famous argument on the relative merits of drawing and color in painting.( "Débat sur le coloris" ) A certain amount of chiaroscuro is the effect of light modelling in painting, where three-dimensional volume is suggested by highlights and shadow, fully developed in 15th century painting in Italy and Flanders. But true chiaroscuro is developed during the 16th century, in Mannerism and in Baroque art. Dark subjects dramatically lit by a shaft of light from a single constricted and often unseen source was a compositional device developed by Ugo da Carpi (c.1455-c.1523), Giovanni Baglione (1566--1643) and Caravaggio (1573-1610), the last of whom was essential in developing the slightly different style of tenebrism. Chiaroscuro defines objects without a contouring line, but only by the contrast between the colours of the object and of the background.

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[bguy123456]

I love Art :)

[thedreadedpirate]

this is such intense music for eggs.....

[Danetochoco]

the eggs outline is bothering me especially against the background not the shadow...

[glowingdarkmatter25]

Now, that is what I call, Sweet! Awesome. I just got to get some paint.

[braveatlas]

thanx for mastering and humbling and sharing with us!

[Nihendo]

Very nice. Thanks for posting.

[thehornypuppy]

The music is awsome!

[ressam43]

benim çalışmalarımı da izlerseniz sevinirim:)

[artoftranscription]

Love the painting, but the symphony was giving me tachycardia! I'd love to hear you talking about what you're doing, rather than have to mute the music. Thanks for posting these videos. They're fantastic!

[wilsocn]

Common color for underpainting is burnt umber like rosrena mentioned and then diluted with some type of medium like linseed oil.