How to Learn Composition
Draftsmen
Composing With Elements
In studying composition, we to separate elements and principles. Elements are the ingredients; Principles are what a good cheff does to make it good. There's no rule that you cannot have equal amounts of these three ingredients, but typically one ingredient will dominate. Contrast and balance are the use of opposites. Emotion is the most misunderstood thing about composition - i think it's the most important.
Composition is technical, creative, and incredibly subjective. Marshall teaches us how to learn composition and suggests artists and resources that will help you learn more about it. Marshall talks about breaking apart master paintings to learn how to compose, focal points, contrasts, metaphors, harmonic armatures like the golden ratio, among many other things. Marshall has years of experience teaching this subject so there's a lot to absorb and be inspired by when it comes to composition.
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Show Links (some contain affiliate links):
Erik Gist - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/erik-gist-drawings-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Steelyard Composition blogpost: https://www.samuelearp.com/new-blog/2019/7/16/5-composition-ideas-to-improve-your-landscape-painting
Edgar Payne: Composition of Outdoor Painting - https://amzn.to/2EicGA2
golden ratio mean - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/golden-ratio-mean-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Myron Barnstone - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/myron-barnstone-class-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Rembrandt - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/rembrandt-paintings-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
John Constable - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/john-constable-yarmouth-pier-paintings-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry by Jay Hambidge - https://amzn.to/3hNhQTn
Pattern and Design with Dynamic Symmetry by Edward B. Edwards - https://amzn.to/30X7Z6m
Norman Rockwell - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/norman-rockwell-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Drawing Lessons From the Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale - https://amzn.to/3hE42KL
Hogarth’s hand proportions guideline - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/hogarth-hand-proportions-guideline-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Alphonse Mucha - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/alphonse-mucha-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Frank Frazetta - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/frank-frazetta-painting-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Francisco Goya - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/francisco-goya-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Howard Pyle - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/howard-pyle-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Rachel Morales’ tonal studies (2 tone and 3 tone) - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/rachel-morales-tonal-studies-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Jessica Nguyen’s tonal studies of Harvey Dunn and Howard Pyle - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jessica-nguyens-tonal-studies-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
John Singer Sargent - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/john-singer-sargent-painting-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Winslow Homer - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/winslow-homer-painting-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Käthe Kollwitz - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/käthe-kollwitz-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Frank Brangwyn - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/frank-brangwyn-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Harvey Dunn - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/harvey-dunn-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Gustave Doré - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/gustave-doré-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Edgar Degas - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/edgar-degas-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jean-baptiste-camille-corot-painting-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Picture This by Molly Bang - https://amzn.to/2X1Aa2O
Steve Shriver - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/steve-shriver-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
NC Wyeth - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/nc-wyeth-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Framed Ink by Marcos Mateu-Mestre - https://amzn.to/2XiOd4z
Wayne Thiebaud - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/wayne-thiebaud-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
H.R. Giger - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/h-r-giger-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Joe Madureira - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/joe-madureira-comic-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg
Learn to Draw - www.proko.com
Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com
Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko
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