Composition Grids: Rule of Thirds, Golden-Ratio Lines and Focal-Point Placement
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In this lesson
You place thirds and golden-ratio guide lines on a 70 × 50 cm canvas, measure how far a focal point is from the nearest thirds crossing and classify six thumbnail sketches by where their focal point sits.
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- Proportions in Head Units: a Canon Table, Target Positions and Measured vs Target Ratios Locked
- Grid Enlargement: Scale Factor, Grid Squares on Paper and Canvas, Transferring Points Locked
- Aspect Ratios & Canvas Sizes: Crop or Scale, and Even Margins Locked
- One-Point Perspective: Horizon, Vanishing Point and Receding Sizes by Similar Triangles Locked
- Two-Point Perspective: Box Corners from Two Vanishing Points and Checking Lines Locked
- Composition Grids: Rule of Thirds, Golden-Ratio Lines and Focal-Point Placement Locked
- Colour-Mixing Ratios: Parts to Millilitres, the Limiting Colour and Paint per Canvas Locked
- Capstone: Mats, Frame Moulding Length and a Price-per-cm² Table with a Chart Locked