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?445

Simplifying Shapes and Textures

  • Introducing Workshop One34
  • Supplies - a 'talk-through'28
  • Warm Up Doodles334
  • Gestural Lines and Simple Scenes617
  • A Field of Flowers - Keeping it Simple659
  • How did you find that workshop?301

Spontaneity vs Control

  • Introducing Workshop Two
  • Initial Considerations118
  • Avoiding Overworked Colours84
  • Water Control61
  • Spontaneity and Control - Different Stages of a Painting474
  • A Spontaneous Scene538
  • How did you find that workshop?250

Composition and the Focal Point

  • Introducing Workshop Three2
  • Flexible Rules of Composition and Focal Points38
  • Compositional Studies446
  • Tackling a Challenging Composition489
  • How did you find that workshop?207

Building Depth and Atmospheric Perspective

  • Introducing Workshop Four3
  • Perspective, but not as you know it406
  • Sketching with Depth438
  • How did you find that workshop?204

Negative Space

  • Introducing Workshop Five
  • Negative Space - Four Ways348
  • A Portrait Landscape461
  • How did you find that workshop?221
  • A Bonus Challenge - Further explorations of negative space!148

Conclusion and Next Steps

  • Have we met our sketching objectives?205
  • Join me in person!31
  • What are the next steps?79