The art makes the man

**Adrian II** · 07-15-2011, 13:11

Originally Posted by Fragony

Balance on the eye, check for a 2/3 composition (figurative) or balance somewhere else, take a Mondriaan and replace a color, it won't make any sense anymore as a composition

A Mondriaan might make sense if you replace black by white. But your point is taken, you are probably right that colour has more to do with my inconsistent taste then anything else.

AII

**Fragony** · 07-15-2011, 13:34

Originally Posted by Adrian II

A Mondriaan might make sense if you replace black by white. But your point is taken, you are probably right that colour has more to do with my inconsistent taste then anything else.

AII

Look at your hand, the point of your finger is 1/3 of your finger, just as your hand is 1/3 of your lower arm. No different with your feet, 1/3 of your lower leg. You will see that ratio in every composition if you look for it. Defigurative art goes against it and tries to find a new balance. Explained as good as I can

**Hosakawa Tito** · 07-15-2011, 23:31

I enjoy and collect watercolors. Like Strike, I know what I like when I see it. Here are a few I display in the house.

**Populus Romanus** · 07-16-2011, 01:23

Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito

He looks like a fish.

**A Nerd** · 07-16-2011, 02:01

Fishermen eventually show the wear of their trade, laddie.

**edyzmedieval** · 07-16-2011, 02:34

Literature my friend. I love reading and I love writing.

Oh, you said visual art? Well in that case I shall mention murals and old paintings, preferably of historical characters or other history-related art.

**A Nerd** · 07-16-2011, 02:41

I like portraits as such. There is something of a dark moodiness visible in them that I enjoy gazing at. More to be seen than just the models in my opinion.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 07-16-2011, 10:55

Originally Posted by Populus Romanus

He looks like a fish.

You are what you eat.

**Drunk Clown** · 07-16-2011, 00:20

Originally Posted by Fragony

Look at your hand, the point of your finger is 1/3 of your finger, just as your hand is 1/3 of your lower arm. No different with your feet, 1/3 of your lower leg. You will see that ratio in every composition if you look for it. Defigurative art goes against it and tries to find a new balance. Explained as good as I can

Maybe I don't understand it the way you mean, but err... my hand is more than half my lower arm. Same goes for my leg. If your hand is 1/3 of your lower arm then something went wrong, really wrong.

Oh and I don't get what's so special about a Mondriaan. I'm too sober for those things. I do appreciate a nice landscape and such.

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Or do you include your hand by saying lower arm?

**Peasant Phill** · 07-16-2011, 00:26

Fragony is talking about the golden ratio. Something you can find everywhere in nature amongst them our own body. Apparently it's very pleasing to the eye hence the use in composition.