Abraham Lincoln in Chalk

I was rather intimidated by this assignment. To begin with I was absent the day the assignment was explained, and the whole idea of using the chalk freely was definitely going to be a different turn for me. I must say my worries were way wrong. As soon as I began rubbing the white chalk against the black paper, I automatically began to form out the drawing section by section. As I was drawing, I would look at the picture, and try to imagine his face. Imagine the contour and shadowing which happens when you work with the relationship between the chalk and paper. . In order to show the value difference in this piece, all you had to work with was the lightness of the chalk and the darkness of the black paper background. By rubbing the chalk hard or more often on a place, the value keeps getting lighter and lighter.  By using the blunt end of the chalk only, I was able to complete a work which showed lines, values, shadows, and details.