Composition exercise at home

Composition exercise at home

Here is a composition exercise at home, activities within family life, next to examine the effect of the relationship between format, object and background on the expressiveness of the composition.

Composition exercise at home By Alexander Cherkov, from the book Introduction to the World of Art "Sculpture, painting, drawing and more"

Composition exercise at home

Here is a composition exercise that includes recording activities within family life, next to examine the effect of the relationship between format, object and background on the expressiveness of the composition.

Choose an activity from your family life, for example, "preparing a meal", "reading a newspaper" or "playing dice". In the management of the right lobe prepare a drawing of the object and in the background the natural environment. There is no need to go into details and subtleties, what is important is to capture the full picture that reflects what you see and attracts your attention. It is better to make 5 such drawings that are inaccurate than one and only one listing with an in-depth look at the details and an attempt to make the listing accurate.

Composition exercise at home

Following a home composition exercise, play with different formats for drawing using a composition frame. Each time, select the object - the subject of the composition, delineate a background for it and try different formats. Give names to the different compositions you have created. 

Composition exercise at home

Practice like this to perform at home is available, accessible and can be performed at any opportunity you have a moment of leisure. An opportunity to look at what is in front of our eyes every day and play with the arrangement of things in space, choose a different object each time and adjust the background and format. The more you practice, the more you will assimilate the subject of the composition and it will be easier for you when you move from exercises to creating art. In general, drawing from observing our environment improves the understanding and appreciation of various dimensions, such as size, distance, and relationships between the various objects in space, as well as consideration of their background environment.

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