ART - Composition TTO

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 Composition

Compositie

Aan het eind van deze les weet je:

- Wat compositie betekent.

- Wat de invloed is van een compositie op je werk.

- Kan je verschillende composities herkennen.

- Kan je een zelf gekozen compositie toepassen.

Tekst

At the end of this lesson:

• You know what composition means.
• You can recognize different kinds of composition.
• You can use compositions in your own drawings.

Composition

The way that people or things are arranged in a painting or photograph

You can make compositions in many ways

• COMPOSITION BASIS

• We name 7 compositions

Compositie grondvorm

Soort compositie

- Horizontaal

- Verticaal

- Diagonaal

 composition basis

• Horizontal
• Vertical
• Diagonal
• Central
• Overall
• triangle
• Symmetrical
• and many more

Horizontal composition

• Viewing direction  from left to right, or the other way around. 
• Elements are placed horizontally.

Vertical composition

• Viewing direction is from top to bottom or bottom to top  VV
• Elements are placed vertically .

Diagonal composition

• Viewing direction is from top left to bottom right.  VV
• Elements are placed diagonal.

Central composition

• The most important subject is placed in the centre.
• It leads your attention to the middle.

Overall composition

• The focus is nowhere specific.
• Elements are spread out over the surface.

Symmetrical composition

• Both sides are (almost) the same.
• Focus goes to the middle, from there you look from left to right and VV.

Triangle composition

•  Viewing direction is in the shape of a triangle
• The most important subjects  are placed in a triangle.

Which composition belongs 

to 

which 

image?

Diagonal

Vertical

Horizontal

Central

Overall

Triangel

Symmetrical

Which composition belongs to which artwork? 

Horizontal

Vertical

Diagonal

Central

Overall

Triangle

Symmetrisch

and many others

• Ritmic

• Asymmetrical

• Dynamic

• Static

Assignment

• Cut out 10 images of the same subject. For example 10 cars, 10 bottles or 10 person.  Cut them out carefully.  So no square shaped images! 
• Write down the 7  compositions  and cut those words out. You can do that in a creative way. 
• Lay down on a white background the 7 different compositions with the 10 cut-out shapes (do not stick them on) With every composition you put the right word and take a picture of it with your phone. Make sure you can see which composition it is!
• When you have them all place them in your portfolio; share your portfolio with your teacher.  

Pay attention

• Make sure you have 10 pictures within the same theme, they can all be different in size.
• Make sure you cut out the pictures neatly and that these are not square shaped. 
• Write the correct words for the different compositions. Cut them out neatly. 
• Take good photo's with only your work on it and see to it that the photo has enough light and no shadow. The photo has to be sharp.
• You can hand in your work in your portfolio

Name the composition

1..................

2..................

3................

7..................

6..................

5..................

4..................

Answers

Diagonal

Vertical

Horizontal

Central

Overall

Triangular

Symmetrical