By the way I'm sorry to disabuse you but, it, the Rule of Thirds, along with the ways to achieve perspective, was covered in drawing class in High School, at least the one I went to.
The fact that no rules of composition are taught explains a lot about current art, and the destain with which it is held by the general population. I guess I'm just old. I see too much crap in my profession from people who should have been taught the basics and should no better. Art is no different. At least I'm not trying to sell mine.
At 09:55 PM 12/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:
In a message dated 12/31/2002 6:37:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The mere fact that your instructors didn't see fit to give you a good
> education, or didn't know the difference doesn't make them or you
> right. You said you had never heard about the rule of thirds well it's in
> just about every basic photography or art book I've ever
> read. That's what
> I find Ironic.
Which was exactly my point. The rule of thirds is mentioned in PHOTOGRAPHY books. Not how-to-draw art books (get a hold of some and see). (BTW - I had a perfectly decent art education when I was an art major in college -- involving more than one college in fact).
No "rules" about composition are taught in art classes that I can recall. (I can't recall one.) Because the whole concept that composition can be reduced down to some set of rules, is basically silly.
Again, what I stated was the rule of thirds is not some well-known artistic rule that artists are taught. That is pure myth.
Later, Doe aka Marnie :-)
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Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx
