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Part One – THE PENCIL
PLAYING WITH COMPOSITION: ORGANIC
SHAPES
Medium: 2B pencil
In this example (after Joan Miro) the
composition is based on a more organic flow
of shapes. Part of its impact is created by the
inference of textures. All the elements we
found in the previous example are evident
here, too, although in this instance the
nature of the shapes implies other
considerations. This drawing seems to have
a life, and we have a sense that it is still
growing. There’s a mood, an almost dream-
like quality.Line creates organic
shape.Shape overlapping
shape creates space.Shapes creating a
transparent overlap.Textured overlapping
shapes creating space.