Shading and Form

In the Chapter 4 reading the book suggested developing a familiarity with two artists, Caravaggio and Masaccio.  Having a love for art, I knew of both artists and was pleased when I quickly found their works that I most admired and believe to show off shading and form.

Masaccio's Adamo ed Eva (Expulsion from Paradise)

Caravaggio's Narcissus

In class we did some shading assignments as well.  One on a piece of grey paper to create three dimensional shapes using shading of black and creme pencils:

And another to practice making primary colours lighter or darker with black and white paint: