Week 3 :Composition, Focus

Week 3’s focus was on the focal point of a composition drawing. This can be done by using a number of basic rules/techniques for compositions. These techniques are used to draw the viewer’s eye towards a certain objects within the drawing, two of these techniques are balance (to have an even or disrupted spread of objects in a drawing to interest the viewer) and finishing (to show the main object (point of interest) with more detail to help it stand out). These two techniques alone are enough to change a viewer’s opinion on a piece of work but there are still many more.

For this week’s drawing session the class could rearrange the objects into any composition. The three main techniques which have been taken into consideration whilst working this week are finishing, focus and layout. This can clearly be seen within the drawing as the main objects, which are the large vase and the pipe, are quite detailed and have been vastly finished compared to the flowers and other secondary objects. The cloth on the other hand is only there to show that the objects do have a setting to sit on, so it has been kept very basic with only simple and quite sketchy lines. (20 minutes)