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Posted on October 11, 2009 by R. Schmidt | Posted under Crafts
Learn To Sketch Online Anything You Want To Draw - Using These Rules Of Composition
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Guideline 1: Balanced Pictures A good way to ensure that your composition is balanced is to think of your drawing as a scale. If there is a bit on the right, you need something to balance it on the left. If there is too much action on the top half of the picture, you need something to maintain equilibrium in the bottom half of the picture. If you don't balance your composition the viewer's eye will be focused out of the picture, as compared to being into the picture. As an artist you want to focus the viewer looking at your work for long time. You can use objects, or tone, or color to balance a drawing. If you include dark areas, they need to be equalized with lighter areas; huge objects in a drawing can maintain balance by slighter fine objects or by similarly large objects. Another way to create balance in your work is to make sure that you do not put the main objects in your drawing too close to the edge. Alternatively, having the prime focus in the centre can produce a lackluster composition. Balance can be symmetrical (top and bottom or left and right are the same - resembling a mirror image) or unsymmetrical. Symmetrical balance is easier to achieve, but asymmetrical balance is more interesting. Principle 2: Find Pleasing Compositions There are a number of ways to create pleasing compositions but you will, in all likelihood, find that as you become experienced, creating a enjoyable composition will become a habit. You'll have learned then to adjust composition of any picture with easiness. While starting out how to draw, you can discover and re-create pleasing compositions with ease instead of creating them from scratch. One of the most helpful tools in creating a lovely composition is a view finder. Cut two L-shaped pieces of cardboard and grip them together to get a rectangular shaped frame. Then hold that frame between yourself and the scene you will be drawing and shift it around till you get an appealing and lovely composition. This is the drawing equivalent of 'zooming-in' when taking a photograph and it will help to ensure that you do not include too many details in your sketch. You can also employ the viewfinder to confirm that the format you use (landscape or portrait) matches the subject matter of your drawing. Principle 3: Create Pleasing Compositions If you are more experienced it makes sense to try to create scenes to have a satisfying composition. So you can organize scenes which have depth, for example, scenes having a foreground, middle ground and background. Overlap some of the objects to emphasize this depth. An odd quantity of things is often more welcome than an even number, just as asymmetry is generally more interesting than symmetry. You could try applying the 'Rule of Thirds' to make sure that your composition is not very static or unexciting. Using a plethora of shapes and textures and taking care of the negative space (the space around your object/s) will also avoid your drawing from being uninteresting and static. Additionally, be cautious of objects that tend to just touch as this can be disturbing. Objects should overlap or there should be space available between them to prevent this kind of distraction. About The Author: For more content to learn to draw visit us. There you'll also download a free ebook to learn to draw online |
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