compositional resources

Learning resources   

Parramon M. Jose (1984)  Composition in Painting And Drawing – Fountain Press LTD
D’Amelio Joseph (1964) Perspective Drawing Handbook – Dover publications, Inc.
Divine proportion the easy way - golden section Photoshop plugin
http://powerretouche.com/Divine_proportion_tutorial.htm
Axonometric projection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axonometric_projection

Week 1    Lesson 01

Referencing real objects - you will be asked to draw dozens of thumbnails exploring different compositional theories.

Broken down you should be exploring:

Symmetry
http://a.parsons.edu/~dezsoa/BOOKS_painted5.html
http://a.parsons.edu/~dezsoa/BOOKS_Hull.html
http://www.nannahvass.dk/
Asymmetry
http://www.in-kamiyama.jp/en/art/2699/
Contrast
http://www.fulltable.com/VTS/f/fut/t.htm
Detail
Simplicity
http://www.lasseskarbovik.com/illustrations/index.html
Proximity
http://www.apogeephoto.com/mag1-6/mag2-5mf1.shtml
Closure
http://www.artnomono.com/index.php?/projects/hommu/
Depth by contrast
http://www.wga.hu/art/c/callot/2pantalo.jpg
Overlapping
One point perspective
http://www.burstofbeaden.com/
Two point
http://brechtnieuws.blogspot.com/search/label/Illustration
Axonometric projection
http://martineck.com/projekt.php?image=226
Multi plane
http://www.pekkafinland.fi/lottanieminen/

Personal favourites:
http://www.romybluemel.de/romybluemel.de/coney_island.html