Composition Basics for Abstract or Realistic Beginners
What you'll learn
- Be able to identify different compositions
- Be able to choose different compositions or their work
- Be able to try different compositions to see it suits their work
- Be able to pick good compositions
- Have a great knowledge of what composition is and how it works
Requirements
- Have a love of art
- Be able to try different compositions for their artwork.
- Be willing to try different compositions
Description
Composition is essential for a good painting. Abstract or realistic, this course will give you a strong idea of how to use composition to create better paintings. The arrangement of the shapes on the canvas can make your painting a success. While understanding composition is a challenge, there are easy ways to learn the basic so that you can have successful compositions. Included are tips on composition that have been tried and proven successful. Learn about different compositions and try them out yourself. This is a fun way to learn composition techniques that will help you create great paintings. Exercises that you can try and a pdf that you can download to help your memory are included.
Who this course is for:
- A beginner in art or one that wants a refresher of different compositions
Course content
- Preview02:04
- Preview01:53
- Preview02:29
- 02:55Let's start with movement
- 02:55Movement - Big and small
- 05:59Composition using stamps
- 01:30Contrast
- Preview03:38
- 02:42Leading the eye
- 03:13Bridge
- 04:28More on composition
- 00:44Conclusion with some pdf sheets for your reference
- Preview06:25
Instructor
![Doris Charest](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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Doris fell in love with painting while she was living in Texas. Her neighbour invited her to come along to a painting class as a gesture of friendship and that changed her whole life. Painting has become a passion. Doris took a variety of courses in the U.S. and Canada.
In 2003, Doris was invited to Rivière-du-Loup as an artist for ‘La Marée aux 1000 Vagues’. She also received a Community Artist grant and had the opportunity to travel across Alberta as a guest artist. Doris was published in a desk calendar for the Association de la Femme in Quebec. Her work was chosen for a poster for the Association canadienne de l’éducation langagière francophone in 2004. Since that time, Doris has been featured in the magazines Art Avenue(Vancouver), Somerset Studio(U.S., Spring 2007) and Leisure Painter(U.K., Fall 2007). Doris was the featured artist for Capital Ex in Edmonton in 2009. In 2011, she also received the Sylvie Van Brabant award from the Regroupement artistique francophone de l’Alberta.
Doris prefers to work in mixed media to create a more contemporary effect. She is interested in textures, shapes and light. Her love of texture won her the Allesandra Bisselli Award with the Federation of Canadian Artists in Vancouver. Nature and the world around her are her inspiration. Doris travels a lot to teach her technique to youths and adults who share her love for creation.