15 Ways to Design Paintings by Malcolm Dewey

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15 Ways to Design Paintings

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Strong design is essential for paintings. Here are 15 artist's tips for strong composition in your paintings.

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design paintings

15 ways to strong design

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observation

what catches your eye? See like an artist

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1. Rule of thirds

use this technique for layout

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2. picture plane

keep the eye in the picture

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3. Use direction lines

to keep eye moving into and around

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4 Use NATURAL ELEMENTS

FOR EYE MOVEMENT & STRENGTH

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5. vARY SIZES

FOR INTEREST

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6. OVERLAPPING SHAPES

FOR DEPTH & VARIETY

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7. USE ASYMMETRY

AVOID CENTRE PLACEMENT

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8. Vary Viewpoint

for interest

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9. Disctracting elements

remove what does not add something

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10. Crop

to focus on the main thing

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11. Balance

for harmony but not boring

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12. Edges & corners

avoid leading eye to them

Photo by Theen ... taking a break busy back at work

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13. Remove & add

check the painting as a whole

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14. notan

test with a value sketch

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15. Practice

starts & layouts

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Malcolm Dewey

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