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image Drawing for composition, image Edgar payne Composition of outdoor…
Drawing for composition
Unity
Mass principle
Composition bases on the broad
masses of the veiw
Squint eyes to assess
Feel for relationship between masses in the unity
Preportion
colour
direction of line
Values
Creates attention for the picture as a whole
depicitng nature with
large masses
less detail more abstract
incites imagination in the viewer
how
placement
Think in form not line
Hold together quality
mass
Value
Space arrangement
Lose lines/egdges to give
Decorative approach
Linear Design
Capable Artistic Draughtsmanship
Artistic inacuracies created with Studied intent
Judgment
Artistic license/leeway
Asthetic taste
Edgar payne
Composition of outdoor painting
SELECTION AND COMPOSTION
Selection
View FInder
Judge Values
Study Colour
Find/hold Main masses
Mirrors
Used to see canvas from other angles to spot mistakes
Worthy Motive
Exhilarates and lifts the mind
Deep felt Meaning
Sense the Feeling visual qualities in nature
Eg. Strength of a mountain
Rythm of trees
Motive shouldn't take away from overall feel/ aesthetics of the painting
Sentimental element must be shied away from
Example
Freakish rocks
Waterfall
The moon
dramatic effects lends to overshadowing artistic quality
How to fix
To balance the power in dramatic contrasts
Refined Pigment handling
subtle analogous colour/values
Feeling Unity
Accepting,discarding altering elements
Artistic quality is the goal not the story of a picture
Selection of Station point
Translation of motive
Desirable variations
Size of Masses
Quality of lines
Values and Colours
uneven balance between light and shadows
Big Simple masses = simple composing
Seek simplicity
Composition
APPROACH TO ART
TYPES OF COMPOSTION
