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Mastering Still Life: Shape Simplification and Visual Balance
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This week's pumpkin still life project is an interesting arrangement of shapes, which gives us a chance to understand how objects of different brightness and characteristics can be overlapped.
If you are interested in how to arrange the shapes and compositions, please read along with the second picture to help you understand 🙋.
● Simplify the shape:
1. All objects can be simplified into simple geometry-like shapes (circles, squares, ellipses, etc.)
2. In the small picture on the right, simple geometric shapes (triangles) are used to summarize the whole object.
By generalizing the whole object, the goal is to stabilize the large structures in the picture first, and then balance the picture by putting in small shapes later.
● Examples of compositional forms:
In the composition, pay attention to the different shapes, because each spacing arrangement, resulting in changes, we try to achieve the objects are not equally spaced from each other with changes in the arrangement.
1. Gathering and dispersing:
Each object is arranged to create focus by concentrating or dispersing shapes.
The size and shape of the objects should vary, but the overall layout should be harmonious.
For details, please refer to the simplified diagram in the upper left corner.
2. Heavy overlap:
The overlapping relationship between objects is utilized to create a sense of depth and space between the front and back.
In addition, when objects overlap, the resulting undulation of the edge lines is an interesting feature that will make for interesting changes in the screen.
:: Visual equilibrium:
By adjusting the shapes and positions, we can maintain the visual balance of the screen and emphasize the focus area. For example, to balance the large shape on the left with the small shape on the right, please refer to the small picture below which looks like a cutting board.
●Object brightness.
Objects may differ in brightness from one another due to their inherent color, such as a yellow pumpkin and a black teapot.
Therefore, by placing objects of different brightness together, it is easier to highlight the main characters (large color contrast between the front and back objects) and the supporting characters (small color contrast between the front and back objects), e.g. placing a pumpkin and an onion in front of a dark teapot is easier to create a contrast of brightness, and become the focal point of the painting.
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