find article about topic sighting composition 20 sentences and reply to the 2 posts with 6 sentence each 1
Find Article about Topic – ( Sighting, Composition ) (20 sentences and reply to the 2 posts with 6 sentence each
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a-I’m sure you’ve all seen an artist at some point, either in a photo or a movie or maybe even real life, that is holding a pencil or thumb straight out in front of them and squinting one eye. What they are doing is measuring proportions and angles. This is different from measuring for dimensions. If you wanted to get the dimensions and size of a chair, you would have to use a measuring tape. When you’re drawing, unless you’re doing an absolute life-size drawing of something, you can’t use a ruler or measuring tape. Even if you did do a life-size drawing, a measuring tape would do you no good since perspective comes into play. Say the top of the back of the chair you’re drawing measures 12 inches but it is slightly turned. The width of the chair remains the same in three-dimensional space, but the way we are seeing and representing the chair. Two-dimensional space is much different. We are looking for proportional relationships, not a diagram. Students are drawing from life and they will convert a 3-D object into a 2-D object on their paper. They will observe real objects and draw them. Sighting with a viewfinder helps the artist by framing the subject, giving it a defined space, rather like the Drawing sheets in which everything is inside a small square. Sighting sticks are useful for comparing objects with each other in the composition. The principles of perspective allow artists to draw objects so they accurately reflect their height, width, depth, and position relative to one another. In one-point perspective, all lines converge to a single point on the horizon. A two-point perspective addresses the drawing issues we face rendering our subject from the side, where horizontal lines converge to two points on the horizon. A two-point perspective is a critical skill for drawing from life and creating your own imaginary 3D worlds from scratch. learning sighting techniques in class was an adventure. One of my favorite things I’ve learned so far.
b- Sighting is a technique that can be very useful in art. I personally have only used this technique when drawing still life’s in class. You can use many different things to perform sighting but a pencil is often the quickest and easiest to use. You have to reach you arm out while holding your pencil. You cannot bend your arm at all, it is best if your arm is very straight. Then, according to thevirtualinstructor.com you “bring your line of sight down to your shoulder and close one eye. Use the end of your pencil (or the tip) and line it up with the top of the highest or widest point on the object. Use your thumb to mark the bottom”. Once you have done that you can then use that measurement to create a ratio for your drawing or just to compare with what you already have. You can use this technique when drawing from photos but it works best whenever you are drawing objects in real life. Composition is the placement or arrangement of objects in a piece. Every art piece, no matter what the subject matter is, has a composition. Depending on how a piece is composed, the viewers eye will be drawn to different areas of the art. With successful composition the artist can draw the viewer into a specific area or move the viewers eye across the piece in a specific way. When you are drawing still life’s you can use the sighting technique to help make sure that you are getting the composition of your piece correct. According to liveabout.com there are 8 elements of composition, unity, balance, movement, rhythm, focus, contrast, pattern, and proportion. You want to use these elements to help arrange your piece in a way that is pleasing and useful to the viewer. “They help give structure to the layout of the painting and the way the subject is presented. They can also encourage or lead the viewer’s eye to wander around the whole painting, taking in everything and ultimately coming back to rest on the focal point (Links to an external site.).”(liveabout.com) I found sighting to be very useful when drawing the bottles because it helped make sure you got the measurements correct. It is much easier to judge height and width that way.
