Illustrated Diary: Fill Your Sketchbook with Experiences
Framing and rule of thirds
A course by David Morales , Architect and Illustrator
About the video: Framing and rule of thirds
Overview
“As in photography, the framing of the scene in the drawing is of great importance. Next, we will choose the scene that we are going to draw and apply the rule of thirds to compose the drawing.”
In this video lesson David Morales addresses the topic: Framing and rule of thirds, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Diary: Fill Your Sketchbook with Experiences. Learn to use your sketchbook as an illustrated journal by exploring ink drawing with the cross-hatching technique.
Partial transcription of the video
“Framing and Rule of Thirds In this lesson, we'll look at the rule of thirds and transfer to our sketchbook an image with a different format. We'll do this in pencil and then ink it in the next lesson. The rule of thirds is a very simple rule that is used in photography and layout design. It basically consists of dividing a composition into three equal parts in every direction in our sketchbook. In this case, we'll divide the page horizontally and vertically into three equal parts. These three equal parts can be approximate. If you feel more comfortable, you can measure this with a ruler. I ...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Diary: Fill Your Sketchbook with Experiences
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Ink Illustration, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration
David Morales
A course by David Morales
David Morales is a Colombian architect and notebook artist based between Barcelona and his hometown, Ibagué. It was in architecture school that he began drawing in his notebook, trying to understand the proportions and material quality of buildings that he found interesting. Gradually, these notebooks became an inseparable element of his travels and his architectural work.
In 2018 he started an art project called "One Day One Drawing" in which he depicts his surroundings, family, and concerns on a daily basis. He has also created book covers for the publishing house Planeta (Spain) and for Taller Talante (Colombia).
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