Art Composition Fundamentals: Exploring Value Contrast, Shape, & Balance in Procreate or Pen & Ink
You can join the class here on Skillshare: https://skl.sh/47Yp9Be
Or for the first time ever, as a one-time purchase on my website: https://marienoellewurm.gumroad.com/l...
It’s here!! FINALLY. My newest class, all about a subject I’m super passionate about but never touched on in depth on Skillshare (though I do on Patreon!) and that is: COMPOSITION.
Do you ever get confused about how to get better at composition?
If you follow my adventures on Instagram, you know that I’ve been working on this class for many many months, but truth be told, I’ve been thinking about it for the past 3 years. (yes, that long)
Here is why:
— Composition is SUCH an essential tool for us as artists & illustrators but is too often ‘reduced’ to questions of The Rule of Thirds or The Golden Ratio. Don’t get me wrong those are super important but....
— Composition is a VAST topic, with so many moving parts to it. In this class, we touch on one of these moving parts: the concept of value contrast, shape & balance - which are all contained in the word Notan, the balance of light & dark.
— Composition can seem very complex & difficult to master, but it can also be learned & trained in very simple ways. Enter the Master Study, of which we’ll be doing 4 in this class today, using inspiration from some of the greats. (I can’t wait to share some of my favorite artists with you!!)
— Composition can be learned through theory but it, most of all, needs to be learned by training your eyes & hands, with your art materials & in your sketchbook (or Procreate).
—And finally, I also wanted to maintain the spirit of exploration, curiosity, playfulness & embracing mistakes that characterizes a lot of my classes. Because leading with a spirit of inquisitiveness & lightheartedness is, paradoxically, the best (and most fun!) way to learn.
We’ll be touching on a bunch of composition tools & principles including:
the curve to straight technique
ratios
positive space & negative space
proportions
silhouette
spacing
value grouping
readability
placement
echoing
as well as other important concepts like how mistakes can be paths, separating your art from you as an artist & how to use references as springboards, in ways that are more creative & true to you.
Join the class either on Skillshare: https://skl.sh/47Yp9Be
or (finally) as a one-time purchase: https://marienoellewurm.gumroad.com/l...
I can’t wait to see what you make. ✨
Music by Epidemic Sound: hunny - Bomull.
https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra...