Learn Balance in Composition using Flowers!

1. Introduction: Hi everyone, welcome to the class where we will learn how to use balance in the composition. We will use as the form in the whole class. But if you want, you can also use any other formulae. We often make different paintings and later worry about what it lacks. It is sometimes balance that lacks in some paintings. We will tackle this problem in today's class by doing different exercises as well as learning some concepts. We will first start by making a book of forms as we always struggle. So Jim, for the forms to start with, which takes most of our time. Then we will do some exercises to understand balance on a 2D surface. Along with that, I will also explain some essential concepts surrounding visual composition. And lastly, we will look at the different types of paintings with lots of sketches in ideas. That is a lot to cover in this class. So let's get started. 2. Book of Forms: When I first started, I really wanted to study composition, its rules and everything, but had difficulty in selecting the forms to practice with them. Before starting the Agile practice, it used to take a lot of my time to search for the forms to use to save the time and keep myself inspired. I came up with this idea of making this separate Book of forms. I would keep some time in my day to sketch from references and to design the forms. It really helped me. So I thought of sharing it with you. As we are going to work with Flash. And the subject is already decided, we just need to find some variety in the area. You can make a list of things you like to draw and use one of those forms. Instead of this flashes only the example we are using in this class so that it will be easy for me to explain things. The knowledge of composition can be applied using any recognizable abstract forms. My process involves three to four steps. Because I usually walk with decorative semi abstract forms. If you like to use realistic or simplistic ones, you will probably have to put three steps in this process. Here is the book I have already started. I've tried to bring as much variety as I can. Let's design some more forms to enter in this book. The four-step include sketching from life or photographs. I'm using Pinterest this time to get some Dreyer fluorine forms. Draw directly from observation. I would suggest you use a software benzene, as it allows to draw freely given the sketch, just lose. Draw whatever you see, but try to keep the forms a bit simpler. I also like to write each bypass for later use. I have a link to my Pinterest board in the resources section, if you would like to check it. Three extra sketches, as it is not necessary to lake every sketch you've made. Not every sketch has to enter in your book of poems. I only enter sketches which I truly like. A different angle of view. After you had done sketching. Give the differences aside as we're only going to walk from the sheets of sketches now. Take a short break after sketching. As I to do the next step, I have to design the foams. I can experiment with the designs on a separate sheet and enter them in the book Fairfield, satisfied with them. In this step, try to draw the lines which will solve the form. Look for any meaningless lines and remove them. I tend to make scribbly, sketchy marks while using a software benzene. That is why I switched to mechanical pencil are any harder pencil like HB as the lines stay consistent. After establishing the overall shape of flood. If you'd like, you can add some decorative elements like dots. Lines are smaller decorative shapes. We will discuss about sheep form and the basic concepts of them in the second type of composition. But for now, Bravo, Do you feel like making? I sometimes try to draw the form and delay fields that is, each line to solve its meaning to the form. Keep on practicing to find your own way of making the drawings. We can then add these drawings in our book. I first draw with a pencil and then encrypt with a fine liner. It does take some time to create a form. But as it is designed by me From Inspiration, it becomes very unique and you cannot find it anywhere else. This book will also remain with me forever, which I can use anytime in the future. Let us quickly summarize the process of making a form. In the fourth step, select a reference image or use an actual flat of your choice. Then make some observational sketches from it in order to study the form. Next step is to simplify the shape and keep the required information. At the same time, add any additional information in order to decorated. But remember to keep it simple. And at the end, and did it in your book. Looked at the basics of composition, and also do some exercises in the next few lessons. 3. Exercise 1: Space Division: In the two lessons from now, we will do exercises keeping when design principle in mind that this balanced UDL principles can be managed in InDesign later. But in my opinion, balance as a principle we need to practice. Instead of explaining what the principles of design are and knowing the theory of it, it is better to do some exercises on it and experience it on your own. Because everybody has their own understanding and grasping about the visual language. You need to explore that on your own while having fun with it. We are naturally averse and understand balanced, but it is required to train our mind to think about balance in a 2D space. To understand any design related concept, let us understand what space really is. Space is literally entertain where everything exists. We as human beings, the randomness, plants, objects, everything is pleased, lives and moves in a speech. In a 3D format, space can be naturally experienced as there is the third dimension of depth. We can move or feel the space around any 3D object as we already live in when and weird naturally aware of it. But to show it on paper, on two-dimension, we require to make a conscious effort to understand that the whole paper, regardless of its size, is a space. When we drop boxes on the page, we select a part of that space. Now, we want to place our forms in this place in order to make a visual. We can just place everything randomly and expected to look goal, although it is possible, but it won't happen every time. It will benefit does to learn the discipline and later use it in our advantage. To arrange the firms in a selected space lives practice based division. We will divide the space so that we can place the forms in there to make the composition look aesthetically pleasing. Let's take help of the agile space around us. Because this place is what you have truly experienced in the physical world, it will be easier for you to interpret and translated on the two-dimensional surface. Glick Fido, 10-bit jaws of the space around you. Where do you think the composition is the best? Select a small part of the space, and it should not have many complicated lengths. The part should majorly consists of straight lines, like horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. As I said, we all have the composition skills naturally. We just need to learn certain disciplines to brush them up. You didn't also walk from photos on Pinterest. I have attached a link to a Pinterest board for reference. But after practicing from three to four of such photographs, I would recommend you to click your own pictures in your own space. As we can understand the concept of space division better by working from the familiar space. The lines from the photographs. Dividing the space we have selected in a very balanced between should be balanced. After doing this exercise, at least such boxes of space division, you will understand the meaning of space and balance in a 2D format. Then you can do this exercise without having reference. Experiment with minimum to maximum space division by using Tuple Tree lines to 5-10 lines. Or you can also experiment by using only horizontal, only vertical, or only diagonal lines. After enough practice, you can later introduce gov glands to divide species. Now, let's see how we can use these visually balanced divider spaces in making compositions. I selected two of the space divisions when from reference and when without it. Draw it on a separate sheet of paper. Now, let's select one of the forms from our book. I'm going to use only when from India forced composition and two forms and the next. That is one more thing we need to keep in mind. We don't have to fill each and every divided space with the form. We can leave some spaces blank to have a negative space, and also some breathing space in the composition. And even though we have divided the space where it is balanced, we still need to think about balancing the forums there. We divided the space to make our job easier. And also to get radius competition possibilities, which we wouldn't have got otherwise. Now start by placing the form in the space. I like to bender shape to fit them there. It allows to have variety and harmony in the composition. You can choose to do it if you would like or just pleased the form as it is our fill many forms in one section. That is why I like to spend a lot of time practicing and sketching. Finished piece doesn't peach much what the preparation and sketching teachers. But then to experiment and learn. And this second composition, I am using two forms. You can think as if you are handling them in and see what works. And balance the negative space. You don't have to use this method every time for composition. It does look different heads in changing the perspective and the idea of composition. But it tends to produce a certain type of exercise. Learn the concepts, practice enough and it will reflect in your vocal on balance in the next lesson. 4. Exercise 2: Geometrical Balance: This is the next exercise on balance. In this exercise, we will trainer eyes and brain to use gravity in visual language. Because of the gravitational force, balanced works in the physical world. We will use the same principle in the visual language. By doing this exercise, we can feel balanced visually the way we can feel it in the physical world. Do this exercise in small rectangles. You can use straight lines in any direction and basic geometrical shapes which are circled triangle and square. Think as if the gravitational force exists in this piece. And the lines will either work as a platform and support the geometrical shapes. You can draw ten lines as well as filled objects do indicate that sweet and establish emphasis individually. You might need to balance the dark shape on the other side. You can make the visual with minimum lines and objects and increase the complexity with each composition. This v is like playing a game, trying to save the objects from falling by giving it a support. For instance, I have a diagonal line and a small vertical lines for support is not just limited, but the selected rectangle. This visual extends beyond our site where it can get support to stay in this angle. Remember, the outer box we have drawn is just the small space we have selected. It exists beyond these four lines in all directions in infinity. Then I keep anything on the slanted surface. I am aware that it is going to slide in one direction due to gravity. So I drew a vertical line there as a support. Make as many compositions like this to practice the beauty of visual languages that we get to decide which rules reborn to apply. We need to crack this enough where we can switch on and switch off a rule on demand. So we will practice balanced using the same elements, but without applying the gravitational force. Used the lines and objects as if you're keeping them in the space. They won't move without us moving them. Consider the negative space to balance everything. You can also take it of space division. That is another trick to keep the visual balanced. Think as if you are keeping the objects on the surface and viewing them from the bone. This will make your job easier. Do both of these exercises and I hope you will understand the concept of space and balanced. 5. Composition type 1: Floating in the Space: We will give ourselves different prompts to make when things related to floss. You can make these paintings based on these prompts individually. Or after getting inspiration from these, you can come up with their own prompts by adding other various elements with flowers. This force type is the most simple, but an important one where you can apply your knowledge of composition. This painting will be based on the two exercises we did previously. I will first show some composition sketches and then I will do a sample painting on paper using radius painting medium sand techniques. Let us first start by choosing the forms from our book. In the first sketch, I am dividing the space with straight lines and then I will place the forms there the way we did in the false exercise. As you can see, I'm sketching really lose by just indicating the placement of each form roughly. It really sometimes depends on my mood to decide whether I want to do the detail sketches are rough plants. Here are some detail sketches I have done in the past. So this was the sketch based on space division. Next, med changing the size and placement of the forms. I did not divide this base here, please the forms by trying to balance them. As we know, the space is not just limited to the box, but also exists beyond the box. Inside the box is where it is just visible to us. So let's show the form's going outside the box. In this third Composition, I tried to balance the visual by adding big and small ships. That is, I tried to bring what I did there, which is one of the principles of design. I like to use the word balance in context of different aspects. Lake, balance of shapes, balance of wheat, valence of size, balance of decorative elements. When, when aspect is used, it should look balanced with its opposite aspect. That is why I included two exercises on balance in this class. In this next sketch, I decided to create the illusion of depth. When farms seems in a distance, when there is a big form in the frame to compare with it. Of course, there are other aspects which create this illusion of depth, light, texture, and many more. By pursue it with a line in a sketch. The comparison of size works well. So I have shown the big forms going out of sight with more details as these are numerous and will be more clear. And the small distance forms will look tiny, bit less details. We can also make use of some specific words to make the composition. For instance, I've used the word repetition here, which is one of the design principles. Then I've placed the forms in the space where I have repeated this one tuner form and balance that with a broader single form. In this last sketch, I use the word species. I pleased the forms of a from each other. Leaving more negative space between them. I will explain the negative and positive space in the next lesson. Along with the concepts of shape and form, which are two of the elements of design. You can also layer the forms on R1 and under domain the painting look more interesting or two increases complexity. Radius painting techniques can be applied in doing these to make them more appealing. Now to make the painting in this state, I selected the second sketch with it. I will draw the forms on this final paper with oil DPS and later lighten them by ruling and needed. It is over it. Before painting. I will do this painting using a negative painting technique in Gosh colors. I used only ultramarine blue and lemon yellow to pin the forms. And then I will paint the background using a darker blue. I'm using just lake watercolors, radius amount of blue. Okay. Okay. After the fourth glared, right, I mix a bit of crimson red in ultramarine blue and guard this purplish blue color to paint the background. I used the color opec disdain. It is time to paint the details now. Give a second wash of transparent color to these flags with green. Some small details on this big blue form. I painted this details bit opaque color, background and used right over the background to make it visible. And then continued painting other duties. Okay. These weight delicate lines made the part of these flash looked sorry. And this is defined like painting. 6. Shape, Form, +ve and -ve Space: Before starting the second type, I want to explain to elements of design and positive and negative space. Let's foresee what shape is. The shape is any timber draw on a 2D surface when we draw any random or specific angular Lane. And inclusive by joining the two ends are shape is created. There are three basic types of sheep. Geometrical, natural or organic, and abstract. Geometric shapes are all basic ones, like circle, square, rectangle, triangle, pentagon, octagon, etcetera. Natural or organic shapes are any recognizable natural runs like shape of a leaf, dri, moon phases, board, any insect, et cetera. And lastly, abstract shapes are any random enclosed lines which have no definite recognizable quality. When we'll look at an abstract cheap, I did that is not particular existing image that comes in our mind. And the shape exist only on that particular 2D surface. It resembles a natural or geometrical shape, but not entirely. The shape is often drawn with the ln r when filled, it is filled with a plain color. Next is a form. Everything that can be felt by touching it, which is present in the 3D volt is a form. Form has three dimensions, length, breadth, and depth, whereas sheep has only two dimensions, length and breadth. This is the simplest explanation of shape and form. But in a 2D void that are created visuals exist where we play with our imaginations. Whenever we add late gradation, texture and shadow, we call it a form. Whatever we draw or paint on a paper or canvas is in reality a 2D sheep. But we give it an illusion of 3D using various techniques. And it becomes a form on a 2D surface. When drawing or painting representational art, the goal is to create the illusion of form. We can create it by understanding how light reacts on a particular surface. Form and shape are related. You can don't shape into the illusion of form by adding value, color, and texture. And you can simplify form from life into a sheep. Using just line and color. Shadow is important in making the illusion of form. Loaning composition is like learning and a dummy for portrait painting. You don't always follow the rules, but you learned the functions for better understanding. There is a lot Boulogne in composition. All these concepts which I have included in the class is the basic part which I have understood so far and which I am able to explain. There are some aspects which I've realized and understood, but not so much that I can translated in the verbal language. Now, as we have understood the sheep and form, when we place it in a selected species, the shape itself becomes a positive space and all the space around it is a negative space. I like to imagine the negative space having infinite depth, having endless possibilities. While creating a visual, the positive and negative spaces need to look balanced in some way to look aesthetically pleasing. The composition can also be deliberately left unbalanced to evoke some kind of an emotion, but that part can come later. After studying how to balance the spaces poster. Here you can see all the enclosed shapes are a positive speeds and all the spaces around it is a negative space. The shape withdraw or greed is not just the corn Bureau of any form. It can also be the outline of two or more overlapping forms. For instance, if I keep two objects side-by-side overlapping some part of it, the outline of both the shapes together creates a new unique ship. This initiative be as complex, it can get. As simple. It can be. Understanding all these things in theory. Let us see what happens when we keep this overall shape in space. Depending on the positive space the shape creates and also the boundary of space we have selected. A negative space also gets created automatically. This relation of positive and negative spaces should look balanced visually. That is R, i should naturally travel all around in the selected species. This understanding is naturally developed with practice. But I will give you some non balanced examples. Too small or too big objects in the space look awkward to die. When small object placed in some corner near the edge looks as if it does not fully confident whether it wants to be in there or not. Big object, that gene all the sides of the space makes it look overwhelming and too much to bear. Having no breathing space are resting for dies. Some repeating smaller shapes in one of the corners. A small shape in the middle of the species are big shapes on only one side of the space are some of the examples of not really aesthetically pleasing compositions. As I said, all these Off Balanced compositions can be made aesthetically pleasing and pulled off convergently. But to do that every time, I think we should learn how to balance it forced. I do make mistakes of bringing the forms too much near the edge, making it look awkward. I still don't know how I feel about it. And I still do that in new compositions. Which makes me think that I somehow like this awkwardness as I'm not purposefully trying to break away from this habit. I happened to embrace the imperfection is how I like to look at it. So with practice, we unknowingly create some habits. We will apply this knowledge of shape, form, and positive and negative space in the second type of composition. 7. Composition type 2: Emerging from 1 Point: In this second type of composition using floors, we will limit ourselves to make the flowers image from only 1. This is of course, limitation of composition, but limitation makes us think out of the box and we tend to be more creative sometimes with some restrictions. The forced catch here is the simplest one with single flower coming from the bottom of this peace. The only rule is that any number of lives you want to draw should come from Van single-point, considering the positive and negative space we studied in the previous lesson. The second sketch is only slightly different with radius flowers and leaves on events in. These two sketches alone can be developed in n number of varieties by changing size and shape of the form, changing the selected area of species, by changing the forms itself and various combinations of it. And also by bending the flyer from various angles, resulting in the change of its shape. And the next get eye falls drew an abstract shape in the space, and then drew various flags suggesting the imaging point out of the space. Going out of the box as if we have zoomed in. Their. Next is a bouquet of flowers. This one is a bit different, and I added the only fixed point to be in the bottom. But it can be anywhere in the space. All we need to think about is balancing it with the negative space. So I have it come into visible space from right side and next from upper left corner. And this next one, the flags are coming directly from the upper edge. I hope you enjoyed this type of composition. Then you will start sketching with this prompt. You will come up with various ideas to make the visuals less pain some of the sketches. Now, I decided to pin this directly with watercolors on people. I start thereby making five paintings at a time by painting when, while others were drinking. At the end, I finished three of them. So I give deeper in each bin. Did your, the false, let alone requires much woke and it does most fun at the same time, a deadliest adjust to define FDM, Saddam and Yadav, the finished paintings. 8. Composition type 3: Field: This is the last type of composition in this class. There are of course, endless possibilities of prompts we can give ourselves to get where I do of compositions. This first sketch is the simplest one, with one type of flat repeating in the space with difference of height. Even though this is simple, the unique forms we made in the beginning will make this composition different. In the next sketch, I include it in the field overlapping over R1 and that is that it beating form all over the space. This type edit beating textile pattern. I tried to bring variety with different flat types of different type. I have shown the flash as if they add in the field and with the same height. This last one is what I will paint today. It has the long outer box and this would form, which is also a longitude. I decided to do this painting and I gave a light-blue voice all over the page. When I drew the forms roughly. First painted these leaves with a dark blue color. Then they did this glass with a beautiful peach color. Here is the final painting. Thank you for taking this class. I hope you got to learn the basic use of balance in the composition and the importance of it as well. You can continue giving yourself different prompts deleted to flash if you like them, or use mania that abstract or natural shapes and forms. You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel that you can follow my journey. I also update about new skill share classes over there. So be sure to check that out. I will surely come back with more fun classes in the future. I will meet you next time.