Exercise 16 Multiple points

In this exercise I had to set up a still life the background had to be unfussy but not plain. I used a tripod to keep the camera in the same position and kept adding stones that I had collected from the beach, until I ended up with the final composition

This is the background that I used

I started by placing the first stone slightly in from the bottom third of the frame

I then added the second stone just below to create the start of a diagonal line

The third stone was added above to continue the diagonal but placed the other way around as to stop the flow

I then placed the fourth stone to the right of the 3rd stone forming a right angle

The 5th stone was added and this made the shape of a triangle

By adding the 6th stone to the top left of the shape this changed the straightness
of the shape to show a curve

I added the 7th stone to the top right to balance out the the right side

The 8th stone completes the composition and helps to give a more random look

I have used photoshop to change the image to a pen and ink drawing so that it was easier to mark
the lines over it. I started at the bottom left with the pink moving up to form a curve then also marked in pink the bottom right hand triangle. I changed the colour to green to stop the lines merge into one another and make it easier to see and then marked out 2 triangles at the top with the orange I marked a curve in the middle going in the other direction and then 3 more triangles I had made a note of the lines and curves but did not realise that there were so many triangles