Composition rules - Digital drawing session

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Today in our digital drawing session with Jordan, we discussed the importance of key compositional rules.

 Key terms
Diminuation - objects get smaller as they get further away from viewer
Foreshortening - lines or surface parallel to the observer's face show their maximum size
Convergence - lines or edges of objects that are parallel appear to come together (converge) as they recede from the observer


Overlapping objects - help define distance

Shadows - show situation of object

Value/tonal range - bright and clear when closer to obsever, hazy as further away


 Perspective
1 point perspective - horizontals and verticals stay
2 point perspective - verticals stay
3 point perspective = extreme shots - height


Composition Ideas

  • Points of interest
  • Rule of 3 
  • Leading lines - push viewers' eyes
  • Depth and framing
  • Balanced/stability
  • Tonal value
  • Perspective
  • Symmetry/one point perspective


 These are the perspective activities that we did as practice

This is a good example of the Rule of 3

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