Poppy Composition Sketch

Here's a quick vignette flower composition layout on tracing paper using some of my old poppy drawings. Using tracing paper is a wonderful aid in placement of the stars of the show. Notice how the background leaves are downplayed here. If I do a painting, they will be of mid value, have lost and found edges and be in less sharp focus than the main actors. The main flowers will be large light value with a small dark. It is a basic value pattern and one of my favorites.

Another Quick Vignette

Here today is another floral sketch, utilizing the "Rule Of Thirds". Where the lines intersect are the best spots for a focal point.

Quick Flower Vignette

Today's sketch is a flower vignette. A vignette is a drawing or painting that involves a group of overlapping shapes placed somewhere on the paper, that is also surrounded by blank space. The image area should be a good shape. You must also take into consideration the sizes and shapes of the blank spaces, which should be varied.