“To do it is not to learn it. To do it again and again is the learning process." — Fred Griffin, PNW artist, instructor at Burnley School of Art, and Cornish Fine Art, Seattle, WA and creator of the Fred Griffin Design Code The previous lesson described Perspective and all variations. This 11th and final tutorial, 64 Compositional Arrangements in Design Continue Reading
Perspective Variations in Design
“Aerial perspective has nothing to do with line, but concerns tones and colours, by the delicate manipulation of which an artist can suggest infinite distance. —Walter J. Phillips The previous tutorial covered a general overview of the Frame Composition and eight variations. This art design tutorial describes the Perspective Device plus all the Continue Reading
One Dominant Composition and Seven Variations
"The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before." --Neil Gaiman is a prolific creator of works of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and drama. In the previous introduction to the primary 8 Compositional Devices, we learned the terms for all eight, with a total of 64 composition possibilities. Continue Reading
Introduction to the 8 Compositional Devices
“Create with heart, build with the mind.” — Chris Jami, American poet, essayist, musician, singer, designer, lyricist, and existentialist philosopher Why Learning the Art of Composition Matters Our last series, Graphic Design Basic Elements, covered all the components for creating a painting, artwork, or graphic design. In this series, we cover a Continue Reading