Flexible Rules of Composition and Focal Points

Flexible Rules of Composition and Focal Points

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Rural Landscapes: The Sketch Loose Method

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Introduction

  • About the Course and What is Included80
  • Please Read - Posting photos, getting feedback, and notifications!23
  • Supplies and FAQs12
  • Download the full handout here6

Sharing our progress

  • What are your goals?461

Simplifying Shapes and Textures

  • Introducing Workshop One34
  • Supplies - a 'talk-through'30
  • Warm Up Doodles354
  • Gestural Lines and Simple Scenes641
  • A Field of Flowers - Keeping it Simple679
  • How did you find that workshop?315

Spontaneity vs Control

  • Introducing Workshop Two
  • Initial Considerations120
  • Avoiding Overworked Colours86
  • Water Control64
  • Spontaneity and Control - Different Stages of a Painting484
  • A Spontaneous Scene556
  • How did you find that workshop?260

Composition and the Focal Point

  • Introducing Workshop Three2
  • Flexible Rules of Composition and Focal Points38
  • Compositional Studies463
  • Tackling a Challenging Composition504
  • How did you find that workshop?217

Building Depth and Atmospheric Perspective

  • Introducing Workshop Four3
  • Perspective, but not as you know it421
  • Sketching with Depth452
  • How did you find that workshop?211

Negative Space

  • Introducing Workshop Five
  • Negative Space - Four Ways360
  • A Portrait Landscape478
  • How did you find that workshop?229
  • A Bonus Challenge - Further explorations of negative space!162

Conclusion and Next Steps

  • Have we met our sketching objectives?220
  • Join me in person!33
  • What are the next steps?81