Charcoal Paintings
Charcoal paintings have been prized for their ability to create chiaroscuro, or the interplay of light and shadow. Charcoal and pen and ink were commonly used, during the Renaissance, for preparatory purposes: to develop initial ideas, preliminary outlines, areas of shadow, or for squaring grids used to transfer a design to another surface. Because of its tendency to smudge, charcoal was not used as a legitimate medium, but mostly to outline the preliminary sketches, which can be painted over. It was only in the 20th century that it became commonly used as an art medium on its own. Touches of pastel or gouache (opaque watercolour) were added to the medium, as well as the application of toned fixative to the paper to darken the support. One of the most popular painter, French Impressionist Edgar Degas normally used this technique for his drawings that were later overlaid with soft pastels in several layers; an example of his work being Blue Dancers (1899). One of the first Indian conte...
Charcoal paintings have been prized for their ability to create chiaroscuro, or the interplay of light and shadow. Charcoal and pen and ink were commonly used, during the Renaissance, for preparatory purposes: to develop initial ideas, preliminary outlines, areas of shadow, or for squaring grids used to transfer a design to another surface. Because of its tendency to smudge, charcoal was not used as a legitimate medium, but mostly to outline the preliminary sketches, which can be painted over. It was only in the 20th century that it became commonly used as an art medium on its own. Touches of pastel or gouache (opaque watercolour) were added to the medium, as well as the application of toned fixative to the paper to darken the support. One of the most popular painter, French Impressionist Edgar Degas normally used this technique for his drawings that were later overlaid with soft pastels in several layers; an example of his work being Blue Dancers (1899). One of the first Indian contemporary artists to use charcoal on canvas, Jagannath Paul has over the past decade established a signature style of his painting—rhythmic waves of figures and forms merging into one another in a Geminine symphony, with a brilliant melding of charcoal and colours. Artflute carries a collection of articulate realistic portraits, vivid surreal images and elaborate landscapes by contemporary artists Ananda Das,
Dilesh Hazare, and
Somnath Bothe.
You may also like to explore our other collection
Pen and ink Drawings,
Black and White Drawings
Dry pastel Paintings,
Mixed Media Art,
Acrylic Paintings,
Oil Paintings,
Watercolour Paintings.
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Charcoal paintings have been prized for their ability to create chiaroscuro, or the interplay of light and shadow. Charcoal and pen and ink were commonly used, during the Renaissance, for preparatory purposes: to develop initial ideas, preliminary outlines, areas of shadow, or for squaring grids used to transfer a design to another surface. Because of its tendency to smudge, charcoal was not used as a legitimate medium, but mostly to outline the preliminary sketches, which can be painted over. It was only in the 20th century that it became commonly used as an art medium on its own. Touches of pastel or gouache (opaque watercolour) were added to the medium, as well as the application of toned fixative to the paper to darken the support. One of the most popular painter, French Impressionist Edgar Degas normally used this technique for his drawings that were later overlaid with soft pastels in several layers; an example of his work being Blue Dancers (1899). One of the first Indian contemporary artists to use charcoal on canvas, Jagannath Paul has over the past decade established a signature style of his painting—rhythmic waves of figures and forms merging into one another in a Geminine symphony, with a brilliant melding of charcoal and colours. Artflute carries a collection of articulate realistic portraits, vivid surreal images and elaborate landscapes by contemporary artists Ananda Das,
Dilesh Hazare, and
Somnath Bothe.
You may also like to explore our other collection
Pen and ink Drawings,
Black and White Drawings
Dry pastel Paintings,
Mixed Media Art,
Acrylic Paintings,
Oil Paintings,
Watercolour Paintings.