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Week 3: Structure

Spring

There aren’t the same kinds of rules there are in physics & math but there are rules you can work by. It’s a matter of understanding relationships and that is more of an intuitive experience than a practical one.

-George Schmidt, Design Educator

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  • Painting Drama 1
    • Week 0: Introduction
      • So You Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’?
      • Three-Dimensional Drama
      • The Mountain, The Map & The Path To Mastery
      • Visual Flow
      • Why Mastery?
    • Week 1: Binary Comps
      • Binary Comps: Demo
      • Positive and Negative Space
    • Week 2: Perspective
      • BONUS: Perspective Drawing
      • BONUS: Epic Environments
      • BONUS: “Emerald Square” Demos
      • BONUS: Perspective, Homework
      • BONUS: Artful Perspective
    • Week 3: Structure
      • Structure Vs. Composition
      • Shape, Form And Gesture
      • Homework: Plein Air Binaries
    • Week 4: Visual Dominance
      • Visual Dominance
      • The Elements of Structure
    • Week 5: Size
      • Size & Dominance
      • Size: Contrast & Scale
      • Dominance & Unity
    • Week 6: Relationship To The Picture Plane
      • Relationship To The Picture Plane
      • Structural Abstractions
      • The Power Of Diagonals
    • Week 7: Position: Part One
      • Conventional Wisdom, Cameras & Contrast
      • Mid-Term Review
      • Homework Part 1: Craft & Discovery
      • Homework Part 2: Collaboration
      • Homework Part 3: Life & Depth
    • Week 8: Position: Part Two
      • The Golden Ratio
      • Awareness
      • Cropping
    • Week 9: Overlap
      • Clarity & Perspective
      • Overlap: In-Progress
    • Week 10: Value
      • Structure Gets Real
      • Tone & Composition
      • Homework: Values
    • Week 11: Texture
      • Texture, Detail & Dominance
      • The Hudson River Painters Vs. The Texture Monster
      • Amazing Tutorials On Edge Control
    • Week 12: Color
      • Color Ruins Everything
      • PD2 Audition Assignment
    • Generation 5: Videos
      • Week 1: Introductions
      • Week 2: Positive and Negative Space
      • Week 3: Structure
      • Week 4: Visual Dominance
      • Week 5: Size
      • Week 6: Relationship To The Picture Plane
      • Week 7: Position (Part 1)
      • Week 8: Position (Part 2)
      • Week 9: Overlap
      • Week 10: Value
      • Week 11: Texture
      • Week 12: Color Ruins Everything
    • Generation 6: Videos
      • Week 0: Introductions

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