Composition, The Rule of Thirds and The Golden Ratio
How do we know what looks good in a picture or design and why?
No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition. — Claude Monet
The rule of thirds.
It is interesting and curious, how we evolved into deciding what we like to look at? Color, form, lines, contrast, shape and intensity are some of the variables involved. Can you talk about what it is you like about the way a view of something appears to you? It can be on the internet, with text and images arranged just so.
Or, on the TV program you have going in the background right now. It’s defined on the art you chose to hang on your walls and maybe most importantly on the faces of those you love most.
Today, there only two established rules I desire to talk about. The Rule of Thirds and the Golden Mean or Ratio.
Good composition is like a suspension bridge — each line adds strength and takes none away. — Robert Henri
