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Tavis Leaf Glover
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If you're sick and tired of the basic techniques guiding your compositions, like the rule of thirds and leading lines, then you're in the right place. Composition is far more elaborate than placing your subject on a cross hair, or leading a straight line to them.
If you're a huge fan of the rule of thirds, no worries...I was too! I was using it in every shot, but it never helped my compositions. In fact, it made me create similar compositions every time; compositions that looked like everyone else'. I set out to find the most powerful design techniques, and find them I did! That's what I teach, to help thriving photographers push past their plateau.
My name is Tavis and I'm a fine art photographer, author, blogger, and educator of composition techniques, Gestalt psychology principles (visual perception) and dynamic symmetry.
Please subscribe and let's share the secrets of master painters to change the future of art together!
If you're a huge fan of the rule of thirds, no worries...I was too! I was using it in every shot, but it never helped my compositions. In fact, it made me create similar compositions every time; compositions that looked like everyone else'. I set out to find the most powerful design techniques, and find them I did! That's what I teach, to help thriving photographers push past their plateau.
My name is Tavis and I'm a fine art photographer, author, blogger, and educator of composition techniques, Gestalt psychology principles (visual perception) and dynamic symmetry.
Please subscribe and let's share the secrets of master painters to change the future of art together!
Painting Fast - What's the Point? PART FOUR (2024)
**Links in the description below
Thanks for checking out this four-part video series on painting fast to see if it will help launch us to another level. Does it work, will it help? Let's find out!
PICASSO ARTICLE: tinyurl.com/5xe94eur
Thanks so much for the support! Please feel free to check out the things I've created below to help artists surpass their plateau and reach the master level.
*****************************ART FOR SALE
Abstract Paintings- Small 9x12 inches- tinyurl.com/447mz7sr
Abstract Paintings-Large 24x36-tinyurl.com/2nxumsfe
Coral Paintings- Large 20+ inches- tinyurl.com/ysxxuznd
Coral Drawings- Small 9x12 inches- tinyurl.com/4bu6yus5
*****************************COMPOSITION AND DESIGN TOOLS
------------VIDEOS
COMPOSITION & DESIGN DRAWING COURSE: tinyurl.com/y7b5zj44
7 COMPOSITION VIDEOS: goo.gl/Ax1CGi
-------------GRIDS
240 DYNAMIC SYMMETRY GRIDS: goo.gl/fuPEHy
-------------BOOKS
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY BOOK-DIGITAL versions: goo.gl/n3LuTB
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY BOOK-SOFTCOVER version: goo.gl/ZqpYW7
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY BOOK-HARDCOVER version: goo.gl/BeZ28d
COMPOSITION BOOK ART & PHOTOGRAPHY: goo.gl/YZ4Z6q
COMPOSITION BOOK STREET PHOTOGRAPHY: goo.gl/Gmz81s
--------------MEMBERSHIP & BLOG
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY PAGE WITH VALUABLE QUICK TIPS: goo.gl/qNeb9H
MEMBERSHIP (700+ ARTICLES): goo.gl/ssLhnD
******************************DRAWING COURSE INFO
DRAWING COURSE INTRO:
czcams.com/video/OcrIa33r7D4/video.htmlsi=_riLSbh_YhYbIAbU
DOWNLOAD BASIC WORKSHEETS FREE:
tinyurl.com/njxr9dtv
FIND ON SKILLSHARE:
tinyurl.com/45v9949w
NEW INSTAGRAM WHERE I USE THE SAME TECHNIQUES:
@coralcutieshawaii
REDBUBBLE PRODUCTS:
www.redbubble.com/people/ipoxstudios/shop
*****************************SOCIAL
FOLLOW on FACEBOOK: goo.gl/RL36Sc
Instagram: @canonofdesign (art composition)
Instagram: @waikikistreetguerilla (street photography)
Instagram: @tavisleafglover_art (personal)
****************************TIMESTAMPS
Timestamp:
0:00 Intro/Picasso Article
0:45 Second Layer
4:35 Composition Techniques
6:12 Abstract Flower Shapes
21:14 Analyzing the Brushwork
22:13 Outro and Details
Thanks for checking out this four-part video series on painting fast to see if it will help launch us to another level. Does it work, will it help? Let's find out!
PICASSO ARTICLE: tinyurl.com/5xe94eur
Thanks so much for the support! Please feel free to check out the things I've created below to help artists surpass their plateau and reach the master level.
*****************************ART FOR SALE
Abstract Paintings- Small 9x12 inches- tinyurl.com/447mz7sr
Abstract Paintings-Large 24x36-tinyurl.com/2nxumsfe
Coral Paintings- Large 20+ inches- tinyurl.com/ysxxuznd
Coral Drawings- Small 9x12 inches- tinyurl.com/4bu6yus5
*****************************COMPOSITION AND DESIGN TOOLS
------------VIDEOS
COMPOSITION & DESIGN DRAWING COURSE: tinyurl.com/y7b5zj44
7 COMPOSITION VIDEOS: goo.gl/Ax1CGi
-------------GRIDS
240 DYNAMIC SYMMETRY GRIDS: goo.gl/fuPEHy
-------------BOOKS
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY BOOK-DIGITAL versions: goo.gl/n3LuTB
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY BOOK-SOFTCOVER version: goo.gl/ZqpYW7
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY BOOK-HARDCOVER version: goo.gl/BeZ28d
COMPOSITION BOOK ART & PHOTOGRAPHY: goo.gl/YZ4Z6q
COMPOSITION BOOK STREET PHOTOGRAPHY: goo.gl/Gmz81s
--------------MEMBERSHIP & BLOG
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY PAGE WITH VALUABLE QUICK TIPS: goo.gl/qNeb9H
MEMBERSHIP (700+ ARTICLES): goo.gl/ssLhnD
******************************DRAWING COURSE INFO
DRAWING COURSE INTRO:
czcams.com/video/OcrIa33r7D4/video.htmlsi=_riLSbh_YhYbIAbU
DOWNLOAD BASIC WORKSHEETS FREE:
tinyurl.com/njxr9dtv
FIND ON SKILLSHARE:
tinyurl.com/45v9949w
NEW INSTAGRAM WHERE I USE THE SAME TECHNIQUES:
@coralcutieshawaii
REDBUBBLE PRODUCTS:
www.redbubble.com/people/ipoxstudios/shop
*****************************SOCIAL
FOLLOW on FACEBOOK: goo.gl/RL36Sc
Instagram: @canonofdesign (art composition)
Instagram: @waikikistreetguerilla (street photography)
Instagram: @tavisleafglover_art (personal)
****************************TIMESTAMPS
Timestamp:
0:00 Intro/Picasso Article
0:45 Second Layer
4:35 Composition Techniques
6:12 Abstract Flower Shapes
21:14 Analyzing the Brushwork
22:13 Outro and Details
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Painting Fast - Can it Help Push You? PART THREE (2024)
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Links in the description below Thanks for checking out this four-part video series on painting fast to see if it will help launch us to another level. Does it work, will it help? Let's find out! PICASSO ARTICLE: tinyurl.com/5xe94eur Thanks so much for the support! Please feel free to check out the things I've created below to help artists surpass their plateau and reach the master level. ART FO...
Painting Fast - Does it Even Work? PART TWO (2024)
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Links in the description below Thanks for checking out this four-part video series on painting fast to see if it will help launch us to another level. Does it work, will it help? Let's find out! PICASSO ARTICLE: tinyurl.com/5xe94eur Thanks so much for the support! Please feel free to check out the things I've created below to help artists surpass their plateau and reach the master level. ART FO...
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Links in the description below Thanks for checking out this four-part video series on painting fast to see if it will help launch us to another level. Does it work, will it help? Let's find out! PICASSO ARTICLE: tinyurl.com/5xe94eur Thanks so much for the support! Please feel free to check out the things I've created below to help artists surpass their plateau and reach the master level. ART FO...
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Links in the description below Thanks for checking out this video where I attempt to fix a huge mistake I made. Can I recover what I lost? Thanks so much for the support! Please feel free to check out the things I've created below to help artists surpass their plateau and reach the master level. ART FOR SALE Abstract Paintings- Small 9x12 inches- tinyurl.com/447mz7sr Abstract Paintings-Large 24...
How Quick Can I Make an Abstract Painting? (2024)
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Links in the description below Thanks for checking out this video showing how I create an abstract painting. How fast can I go while still using powerful composition techniques and color theory? Find out now! Thanks so much for the support! Please feel free to check out the things I've created below to help artists surpass their plateau and reach the master level. ART FOR SALE Abstract Painting...
Can You Create Color Harmony with Yellow in an Abstract Painting? (2024)
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Links in the description below Thanks for checking out this video where I attempt to create color harmony with yellow. Is it possible? How do I do it? Find out now! Thanks so much for the support! Please feel free to check out the things I've created below to help artists surpass their plateau and reach the master level. ART FOR SALE Abstract Paintings- Small 9x12 inches- tinyurl.com/447mz7sr A...
Abstract Painting with Dynamic Symmetry and Minimalism (2024)
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Just a note to the gypsy in handcuffs. That day he killed a woman. That’s why he is in handcuffs. It was a crime of passion. You can read about it in Koudelka’s book “Josef Koudelka Next” written by Melissa Harris
@@jsphotopixels that’s interesting, thanks for sharing!
Beautiful as always. A question! Do you have a composition tutorial for architecture photography?
@@rezaVfx thank you! Not anything specific for architecture for video, but I’ve analyzed some architecture in articles on the site, and have had architectural students take the content and apply it to their work.
@@IPOXstudios awesome. Can you please put the link here ?
@@rezaVfx ipoxstudios.com/the-arabesque-and-minimalism-email-q-a-artistic-style/
Thank you!
Thank you so much!
@@poppopopp-k3j you’re welcome, thanks for the support!
Thank you. This is helpful.
@@poppopopp-k3j thanks for watching!
Thank you so much. It was very helpful. Now I am curious to see how it works wonders on my canvas😊
@@poppopopp-k3j that’s great to hear, good luck!
4:20 My logic on why they dressed the set with more green and less red was to probably make the red stand out greater against a wash of neutral tones in a ‘less is more’ situation since Jack’s madness is mounting alongside audience anxiety. I don’t think Kubrik was really harmonizing a color pallet, he focused far more (imo) on evoking emotion, whether its conscious to the viewer or not.
2 guys that didn’t know SHIT about photography. I worked for both. Fashion is all about who you know, not what you know. When experts do all the work, Anyone can push the button a few Hundred times and get an image!
Not sure why the emphasis on the typography, if we're reviewing the imagery. The reason I say that is because Vogue editorial staff is responsible for what that cover page looks like. They design the layout and the typography used. Annie would've just provided the cover image, and wouldn't have input on that final print.
Brother is really just correcting a Craig Mullins piece 😂😂😂
The spiderweb image isnt Rays, its by Dora Maar.
N go 8:30
Analyse Ruan Jia?
Don’t criticise! Go in the darkroom.
Bro don’t do Man Ray works on photoshop. It is an insult for him!
Explain?
Also bring back the mekked girls
Yes, I was thinking maybe add an abstract touch to it!
@@IPOXstudios yasss
You you need to sell them paintings yp
Lol they're on my site for sale...we'll see 😅
Thank you, very informative and inspiring
@@ugurongel3066 glad you liked it!
Very usefull thank you very much
@@ugurongel3066 thanks for watching!
Wow! 😲❤️
Thanks!😄❤️
oh gosh...came from english version...english voice is so much better 😄
Axel F.. I played this song in high-school band.. I played French horn! Solo!!❤
That’s awesome, great song to know!😄
woah also first teehee
Thanks!
@@IPOXstudios for what?
God if he could see people hundreds of years later, studying his painting with new tech
Love your videos, keep up the good work.
Thanks I appreciate the support😄
This Is my great plus grandfather ❤
That was beautiful
Hello Tavis, I just purchased your grid package, and I'm a bit confused about what I should do next. Specifically, I'm unsure which grid to print and what to ask the printer. I have a Fujifilm X-T3 camera with the following LCD screen specs: Type: 3.0-inch touchscreen LCD Resolution: Approximately 1.04 million dots Aspect Ratio: 3:2 Can you please guide me through the process? Best regards,
Thanks for the support, I appreciate that! There is a folder for the 3” lcd. So if you’re wanting it on your LCD, you will need transparency film. Print a test sheet, cut it out and use double sided tape to place it on your screen. For printer settings be sure not to resize the image for printing. Some printer dialogs have a box that you check that reads “shrink to printable area” or something similar. Be sure to uncheck that box if there is one. Otherwise it may shrink the grid a little. You can test it on a normal piece of paper so you don’t waste the transparency film. Hope that helps, let me know if you need anything else😄
Also you’ll be looking for the files that say “ready to print”
@@IPOXstudios thank you very much.
Hello Tavis, Thank you for your work. I follow your content closely and am a subscriber. I have a question regarding videography with my APS-C camera. I would like to add a grid to the back of my LCD screen to aid in composition. Could you please advise on the basic grid, aspect ratio, and settings an amateur like myself should use? Thank you
Thanks for the support! Most cinematic modes in cameras will be a root 3 grid. I would start with the basic root 3 grid. If you’re wanting a longer cinematic ratio you could use a root 6 grid. I have all of these grids designed and ready to print for most camera lcds today. Check out the website if you’re interested, or you could measure your lcd and design it in photoshop, then print it on transparency film😄 ipoxstudios.com/product/dynamic-symmetry-grid-package/
A child could do this
Thanks for the compliment, a child-like aesthetic is exactly what I’m going for!😄plus they say the same thing about Picasso’s paintings
All these readings about “powers that be” make me feel like leave things the way they are. There’s no point in fighting power just get yours and keep it pushing 🤷🏾♀️😂
Uhhh.....
Nice lesson thanks
Thanks for watching!
Also how the heck are you putting a stroke on the markee tool bro?!
When you make the marquee go to Edit and select Stroke
Where do you learn all these techniques and their names, like Gamut and Arabesque, never heard of that. Is there a core book or site? I can't find anything about a gamut anywhere.
Thanks for watching! Please check my site, I’ve dedicated it to composition and design techniques for 10 years and have several articles and books on there that cover everything 😄
Ipoxstudios.com
This is sooooo helpful. Especially for an overthinking amateur painter like me. Gives me some direction (no pun intended) of where to paint. Also noticed this in some of me earlier work
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks!
Thanks!
It's a joke, right? Richard Avedon of course, the rest is just copies and nonsense.
3:12 i think the ROT are way better than you are in this photo
Great video, what about doing something on the work of Alexey Titarenko
I’ve got an article on the site where I analyzed a ton of his photos, but not a video yet. Thanks for the suggestion!
The "Fat over Lean" / "Thick over Thin" when it comes to layering with paint @ 07:00 made me think of layering an image in photography - will keep that saying "Fat over Lean" in mind when composing images (I know for paint you are speaking of drying times... For photography I was thinking of it as Subject over Noise/non-subject for compositions) Always enlightening content, very cool!
Thanks, that’s a great analogy for photography too!
I disagree @ 10:46. Her body overlapping with the structure looks great and natural. Morphing the subject with the environment in a tasteful and geometric way.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Great video on composition and the colour pallet used, I do love Stanley Kubrick's work, especially Clock Work Orange
I love Clockwork too🙌🏻
I'm a photographer and love your channel, however, I have to pick a few holes in your theory here. Afghan Girl was published by National Geographic in June addition in 1985. I use both PhotoShop and LightRoom but neither was around in 1985. in fact, PhotoShop was not launched until Fed 1990, Steve McCurry used a Nikon FM2 35mm film camera to shoot Afgan Girl so any photo manipulation had to be done in the darkroom. And to my knowledge, the kind of manipulation you are talking about has only become available in recent years. So I can't speak for his later work but I certainly don't think Afgan Girl had any heavy manipulation. Steve McCurry did not start using digital cameras till 2005 prior to that he was shooting color slide film
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Great video.
Thanks!
isn't movie work exceptional❤
mirrors!
Thanks so much
Thanks for watching!
25:48 terrible chromatic abberation also the guy does not stand out against the sheets, it might be planned though