This course deals mainly with the topic of composition and in particular space division. How you divide the space up in your picture is critical to a successful composition, and is probably the single most important topic after notan for a beginner to learn. Once you have mastered the process of dividing space up in your paintings, they will look much more interesting.

In this course you will learn:

• how to apply principles of composition without restricting your creativity
• the importance of compositional studies
• how to build and use a viewfinder to help you identify interesting compositions
• the important technique of cropping your subject to find interesting arrangements of shapes, and how to crop effectively
• three common problems beginners make when cropping compositions
• the importance of simplifying shapes and how to do it, with examples of what to do and what to avoid
• the problem of tangents and how to avoid it
• how to think about space division in your paintings and what to avoid

Total number of assignments: 3

Total number of pages: 15