About this episode
Composition is technical, creative, and incredibly subjective. Marshall teaches us how to learn composition and suggests artists and resources that will help you learn more about it. Marshall talks about breaking apart master paintings to learn how to compose, focal points, contrasts, metaphors, harmonic armatures like the golden ratio, among many other things. Marshall has years of experience teaching this subject so there's a lot to absorb and be inspired by when it comes to composition. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contain affiliate links): Erik Gist - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/erik-gist-drawings-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Steelyard Composition blogpost: https://www.samuelearp.com/new-blog/2019/7/16/5-composition-ideas-to-improve-your-landscape-painting Edgar Payne: Composition of Outdoor Painting - https://amzn.to/2EicGA2 golden ratio mean - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/golden-ratio-mean-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Myron Barnstone - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/myron-barnstone-class-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Rembrandt - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/rembrandt-paintings-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg John Constable - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/john-constable-yarmouth-pier-paintings-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry by Jay Hambidge - https://amzn.to/3hNhQTn Pattern and Design with Dynamic Symmetry by Edward B. Edwards - https://amzn.to/30X7Z6m Norman Rockwell - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/norman-rockwell-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Drawing Lessons From the Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale - https://amzn.to/3hE42KL Hogarth’s hand proportions guideline - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/hogarth-hand-proportions-guideline-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Alphonse Mucha - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/alphonse-mucha-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Frank Frazetta - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/frank-frazetta-painting-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Francisco Goya - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/francisco-goya-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Howard Pyle - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/howard-pyle-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Rachel Morales’ tonal studies (2 tone and 3 tone) - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/rachel-morales-tonal-studies-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Jessica Nguyen’s tonal studies of Harvey Dunn and Howard Pyle - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jessica-nguyens-tonal-studies-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg John Singer Sargent - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/john-singer-sargent-painting-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Winslow Homer - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/winslow-homer-painting-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Käthe Kollwitz - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/käthe-kollwitz-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Frank Brangwyn - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/frank-brangwyn-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Harvey Dunn - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/harvey-dunn-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Gustave Doré - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/gustave-doré-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Edgar Degas - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/edgar-degas-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jean-baptiste-camille-corot-painting-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Picture This by Molly Bang - https://amzn.to/2X1Aa2O Steve Shriver - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/steve-shriver-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg NC Wyeth - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/nc-wyeth-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Framed Ink by Marcos Mateu-Mestre - https://amzn.to/2XiOd4z Wayne Thiebaud - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/wayne-thiebaud-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg H.R. Giger - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/h-r-giger-artwork-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Joe Madureira - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/joe-madureira-comic-draftsmen-s2e15.jpg Learn to Draw - www.proko.com Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices