First Step Into the Unknown – Rule Of Thirds
09 Aug 2011 2 Comments
in Paintings Tags: beach, Florida, girl, ocean, sand, toddler
I painted this picture of my granddaughter’s first step into an unknown world,… the ocean! It was a beautiful sunny day, the ocean was very calm and the tide was low: A perfect scenario for a little toddler’s first beach experience.
Oil on Canvas painting of my granddaughter stepping into the ocean.
I used the compositional rule of thirds to compose this painting. The rule of thirds dictates that you divide your frame/canvas into 9 equal parts – horizontally, two lines, making 3 equal parts and then vertically, making 3 equal parts, like a tic-tac-toe grid. Then, you a line your main subject, or focal point of interest on one of the intersecting points on the grid. In this case, the little girl, my focal point, is a lined at the lower right point and line. This gives your picture more interest. Remember to never a line your main subject in the dead center of the picture. Keep this in mind with your photographs as the same rule applies! Have fun and keep practicing this rule!
Take another look…
20 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
in Photography Tags: beach, flare, path, photoshop filter, post, sunrise, truth
Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day. Psalm 25 4-5
When I first met my husband, he had written and sung a beautiful song, based on this verse. I still love it to this day!
We got up to catch the sunrise early one morning. This was one of the pictures I took. I was disappointed when I could see it clearly on the computer and saw that there was a lens flare! I put it away and didn’t look at it for a couple months. Then I started playing around with the filters on photoshop and got excited about the potential of using these to make ordinary pictures look really great! As I was looking for a picture for this verse, I looked at this picture again and wondered if the filters could make its wonders on it… I loved the way it turned out, by applying the watercolor filter!
I encourage you to look at some of your old forgotten pictures again and play around with them, using the artistic filters both in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop. You’d be pleasantly surprised, as I was.
Oh, and please do ask the LORD to lead you in His truth. You will be forever grateful He did!
