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THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPOSITION IN YOUR DRAWINGS & PAINTINGS
THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPOSITION IN YOUR DRAWINGS & PAINTINGS
Composition is the arrangement of the subjects on your paper or canvas. Subjects should be arranged to move the viewer's eye around the artwork, not going off the page.
Composition is the arrangement of the subjects on your paper or canvas. Subjects should be arranged to move the viewer's eye around the artwork, not going off the page.
HERE ARE SOME TIPS:
HERE ARE SOME TIPS:
- Have a point of Emphasis but AVOID placing the most eye catching part of your work directly in the center. Better to place your main subject, the brightest, busiest, boldest or biggest, off center. See # 2.
- Use the RULE OF THIRDS to arrange your composition. It is a very helpful technique. See below.
Imagine a grid of thirds horizontally and vertically. Place important subjects at the intersections. Place horizon line on either of the two horizontal lines, not through the middle.
Imagine a grid of thirds horizontally and vertically. Place important subjects at the intersections. Place horizon line on either of the two horizontal lines, not through the middle.
Artwork: Armand Guillaumine
Artwork: Armand Guillaumine
THE RULE OF THIRDS: Place important subjects at the intersections of imaginary grid lines.
THE RULE OF THIRDS: Place important subjects at the intersections of imaginary grid lines.
3. VARIETY - So your composition is NOT boring, vary sizes or shapes of things. Some things should relate by color, shape, size, pattern etc., BUT if everything seems too similar, things get boring. Variety is the spice of life!
3. VARIETY - So your composition is NOT boring, vary sizes or shapes of things. Some things should relate by color, shape, size, pattern etc., BUT if everything seems too similar, things get boring. Variety is the spice of life!
Note below: (Image from 3dtotal.com)
Image B: Most of the rock shapes are similar in size and shape (SNOOZE).
Image D has various size rocks and an interesting lighted area. (BETTER-MORE INTERESTING)
4. Try to create BALANCE - Subjects or areas of interest should not be clumped together, leaving unused space. Space, the negative area of a drawing, and the drawn subjects, the positive areas, should be balanced. Look for even distribution of "weighted or emphasized" imagery and even distribution of "quieter" areas or areas of space.
4. Try to create BALANCE - Subjects or areas of interest should not be clumped together, leaving unused space. Space, the negative area of a drawing, and the drawn subjects, the positive areas, should be balanced. Look for even distribution of "weighted or emphasized" imagery and even distribution of "quieter" areas or areas of space.
Rene Magritte, DĂ©calcomania
SYMMETRICAL BALANCE- Equal division of images- almost mirror image, same sizes and placement on each side
Wassily Kandinsky, Composition VIII
ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE - Variety in type, placement and size of imagery. Larger images off set by more smaller ones (like a scale). Even distribution of imagery.
5. DIRECT THE VIEWER'S EYE to look around the entire page. Do this by overlapping or connecting imagery, placing things to create diagonals or subtle zig zag top to bottom, use cropped imagery, have imagery touch the edges of page or face in the direction you want viewers to look. Use unusual angles or zoom in. Use shadows as design elements too.
5. DIRECT THE VIEWER'S EYE to look around the entire page. Do this by overlapping or connecting imagery, placing things to create diagonals or subtle zig zag top to bottom, use cropped imagery, have imagery touch the edges of page or face in the direction you want viewers to look. Use unusual angles or zoom in. Use shadows as design elements too.
Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night- His swirling and angled brush strokes help guide the viewer's eye around the painting and back to the dark cypress tree
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