The quick sketches below are my planned composition for a landscape drawing. This session has given me the opportunity to understand the key elements of composition and put in to practise. The images below display many elements of composition such as layers of detail, especially the first image with bushes in foreground both side of the page at the front, for mid-ground the steps, central tree and the stone beside it, and distant tree as background. The first image is also supplemented with the rule of thirds (point of interest) which, in this case is the stone in the bottom right corner, above the steps. The stone perfectly sits at the point, where lines of rule of thirds intersect. The bottom right image also again supplement with interesting composition, just like the first image, it demonstrates layers of detail and rule of thirds, but it also display line/implied line by following the tree left to right of the image, adding extra element and interest to the viewer.
The bottom left image is also very pleasing, going down the steps towards the vanishing point. Also positioned to allow layers of detail to create some depth, supported by the distant trees at the background. At the point where the steps disappear, is also very close to the intersection of the lines of the rule of thirds.
The first image and bottom left image, are not satisfactory as a final image template as there are other elements of composition that needs to be implemented. The missing features in the first image is balance, the image has interesting focal point (stone), however, there is too much objects in the scene. Hence, it distracts the viewers' eye to not look at the focal point. The bottom left image is lacking depth, as the height of the railing steps are far too low at the front. The bottom right image, contain the best composition out of the three. Overall, the images have some elements of pleasing composition however, improvements can be made.
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