This is a chiaroscuro-style painting I made for my Black and White painting class in college.
We were asked to paint a still life over several class periods and to exaggerate the lighting in the room by deepening the amount of black in the shadows, like artists used to do in Renaissance paintings.
Here you can see the reference photo of my canvas and easel setup, the first painted sketch I made, and the progress pictures I took along the way.
