The arrangement of elements within a work of art, including balance, unity, and focal points.
Composition principles: This topic covers the basic rules and guidelines for organizing visual elements within a drawing to create a balanced, harmonious composition.
Line and shape: This topic explores the use of different types of lines and shapes in a drawing, and how they can convey different emotions and meanings.
Proportion and scale: This topic focuses on the relationship between the different elements in a drawing, and how they should be scaled and arranged to create a natural-looking composition.
Space and depth: This topic covers techniques for creating an illusion of depth and space in a drawing, such as perspective, overlapping, and shading.
Value and contrast: This topic deals with the use of light and dark values to create contrast and depth in a drawing, and how this can be used to highlight certain elements or create a focal point.
Color theory: This topic explores the principles behind color theory, including the use of complementary and analogous colors, color temperature, and the emotional effects of different color combinations.
Composition in different mediums: This topic covers the specific challenges and techniques involved in composing a drawing using different mediums, such as pencil, charcoal, ink, and digital tools.
Subject matter: This topic examines how the subject matter of a drawing can affect its composition, and how different elements can be used to convey different meanings and emotions.
Symbolism and metaphor: This topic explores how different visual symbols and metaphors can be used in a drawing to convey deeper meanings and messages.
Creative experimentation and exploration: This topic encourages artists to experiment with different compositional techniques and approaches, and to push the boundaries of traditional composition in order to create more dynamic and engaging drawings.
Still life composition: A drawing of inanimate objects arranged in a specific way to create an aesthetically pleasing composition.
Landscape composition: A drawing of a natural or man-made scenery, such as mountains, trees, fields, buildings etc.
Portraiture composition: A drawing of a person or a group of people, usually focusing on facial expressions or characteristics.
Figure composition: A drawing of a human figure in a specific pose or action.
Abstract composition: A drawing that represents shapes, colors and forms in a non-representational way.
Comic book composition: A drawing that tells a story through a series of panels or frames.
Architectural composition: A drawing of buildings, structures and spaces, usually showcasing technical details and dimensions.
Scientific illustration composition: A drawing that illustrates a scientific concept or natural phenomenon.
Caricature composition: A humorous drawing that exaggerates a person's features or characteristics.
Fashion illustration composition: A drawing of clothing or fashion items, usually used in magazines, advertisements or fashion design sketches.
Advertising composition: A drawing designed to promote or sell a product, service or idea.
Book illustration composition: A drawing or series of drawings that accompany a written text in a book.
Concept art composition: A drawing used in the video game, film or animation industry to represent a concept or idea.
Wildlife composition: A drawing of animals, birds or insects in a natural setting.
Political cartoon composition: A drawing that expresses political views or social commentary in a satirical way.