I crafted this lesson to make Renaissance art techniques accessible to a 2nd grade homeschool student. I now present it with full instructions and a web quest which should be valuable for all K-12 students of art or European history of the Middle Ages.
Although I did not mention him, Leonardo da Vinci is credited with bringing this technique to the fore. I do not have an art background with the exception of one drawing class in college, so what I have learned about chiaroscuro and pencil work