Welcome to today’s art podcast episode. Today we’re going to chat about the importance of planning your composition.
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Planning your art composition before you paint
- How taking time on the initial planning can be the difference between a successful piece and an unsuccessful piece
- Taking time to plan, can save you time in the long run
- Asking the opinions of others if you are unsure
- If it’s a still life, try arranging and rearranging your initial set-up and photographing in lots of different ways
- Take photos and use a grid to determine your focal points
- Crop your photo in various ways to see what works best
- Draw thumbnail sketches
- Look for an overall shape that flows
- Aim for various angles and not too many of one
- Sometimes offsetting something so it’s on a third can help
- Tara talks about the commission she did where sherealised that not having an initial sketch in this particular painting, had her having to do it three times
- Sandra talk about the aha moment when they had our chat, that there were too many verticals and they needed breaking up
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Q. What do you listen to while you create and does your choice affect the results?
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another great podcast ladies 😁….I especially liked how you both are affected by certain criticism even though its meant well.whenever I post a sketch on facebook or instagram I’m delighted with likes or comments….My missus always puts a thumbs up if its just ok and a heart if she loves it…..thats when the self doubt creeps in..If its a thumbs up I have to ask..”whats wrong with it?”…Ah well, on to the next one 😁😁