Chiaroscuro still life.

charcoal on paper

18x24 inches

Chiaroscuro is the Italian term to indicate the contrast between light and dark, here I draw the still life that was in front of me thinking in terms of value and black and white.

Basically I reduced the colorful objects in from of me to a palette if gray.

Here is the actual still life:

 Selfie of me at work in class :)

And my friend Naomi, we were sharing the same still life.