Composing Drawings While on Location
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Explore ways to use a viewfinder and your imagination to create a unique and compelling composition for each sketch. Sketch artist Paul Heaston shares important considerations for your location and field of view, as well as valuable composition tips that can transform a seemingly simple sketch into a dynamic work of art. Work with horizontal, vertical, cropped, and panoramic scenes as you create thumbnails to take each composition for a test drive and get Paul’s top tips for things to consider when composing a scene.
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Wow Paul - this is perfect. I love the viewfinder and I will definitely make myself one. My sketchs still pretty much look like a 2 year old did them, but I am told that practice will improve that ;)
Looking at a photograph is not cheating
Amazing! This is the video I was looking for! Thank you a lot