Composition basics:
- Eye movement
- LEading lines
- Focal points
- Rule of thirds
Eye movement
Leading Lines
Rule of thirds
Focal Points
There are many ways to create a focal point. Many of feature CONTRAST.
- Color at focal point stands out
- Focus - focal point is sharp and background is blurry
- Value contrast at focal point
- Size of focal point stands out
- Shape of focal point stands out
- Color at focal point stands out
- Focus - focal point is sharp and background is blurry
- Value contrast at focal point
- Size of focal point stands out
- Shape of focal point stands out
Find or assemble a still life PHOTOGRAPH:
- Must be a photograph and not a painting
- Must be a still life
- Must have 5 different objects with some overlap
- Must be a photograph and not a painting
- Must be a still life
- Must have 5 different objects with some overlap
Print out your image and:
- Circle the focal points
- Draw the eye movement flow
- List what makes these spots focal points
- Circle the focal points
- Draw the eye movement flow
- List what makes these spots focal points
Use the following website to crop your image to make it 9x12 proportion or use the following video to crop in Photoshop
Grid Drawing Tool by ArtTutor.
Grid Drawing Tool by ArtTutor.
Follow these steps
- upload your photo
- Go to step 5 to grid your photo. You want your photo to be 3x4 (portrait) squares wide 4x3 (landscape) square wide. Click on examples below
- Download photo and save it to your drive
- Print out photo with grid on it
- upload your photo
- Go to step 5 to grid your photo. You want your photo to be 3x4 (portrait) squares wide 4x3 (landscape) square wide. Click on examples below
- Download photo and save it to your drive
- Print out photo with grid on it
Practice blending oil pastels
Before you begin your still life, we will do a blending practice exercise.
