Art Lessons - learn design and 'instinctive' proportion
Later you will see where spirals and curves can also assist in forming the basis of compositions.An example- one of my most difficult design tasks was to construct a painting to form the frontpiece of my
tryptic (a three paneled paining). I was faced with a square to be split down the middle - upon which I wanted to
place a single portrait. The problem was I did not want the figure to look as if it were cut in two by and axe.1.The diagonal forms the main element of the composition.2.The triangle forces a relief to the diagonal and is the principal construct of the figure.- The green and red circles are counterpoint highlights equidistant about the split just like you would balance
weights on a seesaw (fulcrum).
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