The Secrets to Drawing: Composition

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Lesson Description

How to create successful compositions in drawings. Concepts covered include sketching thumbnails, positive and negative space, Plato's Rule, The Rule of Thirds, The Golden Mean, eye movement, and how to create focal points.

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Course Curriculum

Lesson 1: Introduction (5:03)Lesson 2: Line (14:25)Lesson 3: Shape (8:19)Lesson 4: Form (13:00)Lesson 5: Value (11:59)Lesson 6: Space (6:13)Lesson 7: One Point Perspective (12:58)Lesson 8: Two Point Perspective (12:13)Lesson 9: Three Point Perspective (10:27)Lesson 10: Basic Drawing Techniques (15:03)Lesson 11: Drawing From Life (9:01)Lesson 12: Drawing From Photos (15:25)Lesson 13: Composition (12:20)Lesson 14: Graphite (9:00)Lesson 15: Charcoal (10:32)Lesson 16: Ink (9:00)Lesson 17: Color (14:28)Lesson 18: Colored Pencils (11:56) Lesson 19: Oil Pastels (11:51)Lesson 20: Soft Pastels (11:21)Lesson 21: Facial Proportions (13:56)Lesson 22: The Eye (14:05)Lesson 23: The Nose and Mouth (12:24)Lesson 24: The Ear (4:51)Lesson 25: Hair (14:02)Lesson 26: Figure Drawing (20:00)Lesson 27: Foreshortening (12:54)Lesson 28: Conclusion (2:58)

Lesson Discussion

  1. Something is wrong. I can’t download this ebook. My computer tells me it is over 1.7 billion GB and it tries downloading forever. I’ve downloaded all others up til now with no problem.

  6. Hi Matt, Everything is fairly clear to me with the exception of the Golden Mean and The Golden Points. I don’t see how you get from one to the other and would have no idea as to how to establish the Golden Points in a drawing. Can you suggest any links to better understand this concept? Thanks much!

  9. Learning about these thumbnail sketches has changed my whole view and helped my composition dramatically! I wish I would have done this before. Composition is definitely a topic I need work on and this video helped dramatically.

  10. I got the enoki downloaded but can’t seem to get the video to download. I haven’t had any problems with any of the previous videos. This is the only one I’ve seen that says the original is stored in archives. Could that be it?

    • Hi Debbie,

      You should download either the SD version or the HD version. The original files are sometimes much larger and some are stored securely.

  15. thank you for this video and ebook. If I am correct, the thumbnail sketches are what is also referred to as gesture sketches or gesture studies – with composition being part of it – in that the forms and shapes are placed within what the proposed picture would be?

    • Hi Manjula,

      Our video hosting provider is currently reporting intermittent outages. I suspect this is the issue that you’re having. They are currently working on the issue and will have full service restored soon.

    • HI Lee,

      Have you tried changing the streaming settings? To do so, scroll over the video and click on the small icon of a gear. Choose a lesser quality and the video should play easier for you.

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