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

........................... composition

• Explanation 1
• Explanation 2

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: Collage

• We will fold a big "Booklet" from a big paper. 
• Write down the 7 compositions in the booklet. You can do that in a creative way. Make sure it looks good anyway. 
• For each composition you will make a small collage, glue that into your booklet. 
• Cut out a couple images of the same subject. For example 5 cars, 7 bottles or 6 people. Cut them out carefully.  So no square shaped images! Make sure you cut out a couple of images of each topic. Don't spend too much time on the cutting part though!
• You make little themed collages in the given composition. Use the pencil pictures as inspiration. 
  

Pay attention

• Make sure you have 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.  
• Make interesting collages
• 2 lessons (today and next week)
• Be careful with glue please. 
• The first composition is on the front of your booklet! (make it the best one)

Name the composition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answers

Diagonal

Vertical

Horizontal

Central

Overall

Triangular

Symmetrical