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Color Composition Exercise

This document provides instructions for a composition exercise involving drawing various shapes on paper. The exercise is intended to practice the rule of thirds and creating an aesthetically pleasing arrangement. Learners are instructed to first apply a light wash of different colors in a spectrum across the paper, then draw a tic-tac-toe grid and fill in the spaces using a variety of shapes, such as triangles, circles, squares, and lines, with some elements overlapping or extending off the edges of the paper. The goal is to end up with an interesting visual composition.

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Color Composition Exercise

This document provides instructions for a composition exercise involving drawing various shapes on paper. The exercise is intended to practice the rule of thirds and creating an aesthetically pleasing arrangement. Learners are instructed to first apply a light wash of different colors in a spectrum across the paper, then draw a tic-tac-toe grid and fill in the spaces using a variety of shapes, such as triangles, circles, squares, and lines, with some elements overlapping or extending off the edges of the paper. The goal is to end up with an interesting visual composition.

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Composition

an exercise in arrangement

rule of thirds

rule of thirds

composition exercise

create a spectrum of color


(R+Y=O, Y+B=G, B+R=P)

give your paper a spectrum wash

WASH= light coat of paint, applied thinly with a


large brush

composition exercise

1. lightly draw a tic-tac-toe grid on your paper

2. draw a large triangle over one grid intersection


that goes off one edge of the paper

3. draw 3 circles with a min. diameter of 1

4. draw a curved line that begins at one


intersection and travels off the opposite edge

composition exercise

5. draw a square that overlaps one other shape

6. draw two squares near the 1st square

7. draw two small-ish triangles

8. draw 2 lines from the middle of the large triangle


that go off the page

9. draw a circle that touches 2 other elements

composition exercise

10. draw a squiggly line that goes behind one


shape and in front of another

11. draw two squares that are inside two different


shapes

12. draw 1 large circle that goes behind a shape


and off the page

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