Thursday 16 October 2014

Composition in painting

The rule of thirds is a guideline followed by some visual artists. The objective is to stop the subject and areas of interest from bisecting the image, by placing them near one of the lines that would divide the image into three equal columns and rows, ideally near the intersection of those lines.


The rule of odds means that having an odd number of a subject in a composition means that our brains can not pair the subjects together so easily or create a link between them so easily meaning your eye moves around the painting more.
Leading lines when someone looks at a composition their eyes naturally follow lines within it. so the position and placement of the lines should be considered carefully.
The golden ratio is an actual numeric value which is 1:1.618... which when draw looks like


The golden ratio is found in nature and therefor makes for one of the most balanced and aesthetically pleasing way of creating a composition.


The Golden triangle 


The L shape is where the subject matter is place in an L shape across the piece. 


Diagonal composition




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