Wonderful and clear and right on the nose. I found the explanation of using the lines for horizontal and vertical placement not just that intersection for focal point VERY helpful. Your discussion of how just using the grid not always the most successful, but also looking at the whole composition and it’s elements is excellent advice. Thank you. Please make more composition videos. They are so hard to find that are this clear.

I notice that you have placed the location of your face on this video applying the rule of thirds.

something about the term 'ascetically successful' is so satisfying to the ears

I do a lot of photography and the rule of thirds is extremly important to me. I cant even describe how tbh. Pls pls pls to everybody reading use this advice in order to make your art 1000x better

Wow! It is little things like this that bring our efforts into perspective. I ignored the "thirds" rule deliberately,and,wasted a lot of time,experimenting. I started using a grid on some of my sketches,and,was stunned at the difference it made. Well done Matt. Your presentation is superb.

Rule of thirds works best with opposing focal points: Delacroix's sleeping Jesus juxtaposed to the tilting masts in the storm, Sargent's planter against the plane wreckage, Kandinsky's opposition of heavy forms versus light, "floating" wedges. The portrait of the girl had a halo which prevented recomposition to thirds.

Fantastic ! Just what we ( I ) need -Practical Application !! So many people on you tube and web sites complaining about not knowing how to apply what they're being taught , you've done it here . Artists must make many decisions when planning artwork , not just what number brush to use, or color & hue to select . Thank you much for simplifying , and posting !

The rule of third's, was apart of instructional in my life drawing class ,but we had to construct a view port to use in the field, or studio to compose to paper or canvas, as a tool till the rule is in your minds eye, I use this view port to compose all my photos, drawing and paintings, especially with enlargements, draw the rule on your paper , canvas, etc... Please instruct your subscriber's how to make this device "view port" it's been a great help to me, and hope others.. love your site👍👍👍👍. Thank you...

Wonderful! I learned so much in this video, keep up this kind of videos🥰

7:29 really frustrated me because i liked the original photo so much more. It was good to see you came to the same conclusion though. Overall really helpful video!

This was really cool, thanks for the tips!!!

Thank you sir. This video completely explains the rule of third in an easy way..

Thank you for this ,you've made it very easy to understand!

Wow. I've never really thought about that. It makes total sense that centred is not always best.

Clear and wonderful....thanks so much

Very useful. Thank you. I took your online drawing lessons..it's so useful.

I really enjoyed this video. I'll keep it in mind now as I do art. thanks!

I fully understand the rule of thirds, The Golden Mean, etc. I hope you will please touch bases on the other essential and further complex compositional elements as well.

Ah, this was super helpful! I'm gonna use this today for my mermay drawing. 😃😉

Thank you so much !

Thanks matt, regards from Argentina

i was having issue with a client artwork this helps a lot, thanks

Thank you 🙏 Great tutorial 🙏🦋

Amazing thank you ❤️

Keep up, I learned so much in this video 2 years ago

Super video!

WOW! keep up the good work !

muy interesante. Gracias

Thank you for the video

Helpful. Thank You!

Very informative.

thank you!

Love this

Thanks for the video, it is very helpful

Thank you!

You deserve lot more subs

Thank you

Thank you.

wow! this is so helpful- thank you!!

Wow! This is a magnificent picture. Is it an Irish Setter? Using grids over the past few weeks,has made an amazing difference to my drawings. Why does it make so much difference? Is is pleasing to our brain?

thanks alot

When you start a design course at Udemy, for example, this knowledge is never explained like that. Thank you!

Dynamic symmetry is like the cool big brother of ROT

isnt the first painting bottom heavy like the first edit of the lighthouse photo. Though I do think the painting has a better top half because of the colour but it is still quite empty

How much of what makes something "aesthetically successful" has to do with suggestion, do you think? It would be interesting to take a large group of paintings, drawings, or photos and show them to two groups of people. The groups would be people with an education in art, who have been taught what is and isn't "aesthetically successful", and a second group who have no formal education in art. Then you could compare which photos they found most appealing and see how many of them align with these ideas about compositional success in each group, and how many they have in common. I think that, concerning art, people often think something is "good" because other artists say so. Jackson Pollock for instance. His art is ridiculous. That is an opinion of course, but really, his art is ridiculous. However, people fall over themselves to praise his "genius".... I think a lot of the prevailing opinions about art in general are driven by the need for acceptance by people presumed to be influential, and not by the actual substance of the art.

Plainly spoken but chock-a-bloc with goodies. Thank you.

7:44 and 10:32 you use the term "book" or "bulk" of the body. what does this mean exactly? thanks for the awesome video.

Quarantine art class 🤘

I kind of liked the first light house photo.

What is a pitcher plane?

2:13 tbh i really like this pic Cause it looks very heavenly And i thought its more successful And until you said this is more successful 3:04 make things more complicated 😳

Please, maybe it's because I wear hearing aids but are you saying "pitcher" plane instead of pikture/picture plane? BTW, you're videos are great instruction!

best every

That boat painting looks very familiar. I think I have an old puzzle with that image. I didn't know Christ was in there. Not sure where it is right now. Maybe it is just a similar boat image

Nice 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

Dibuje una manzana y un 🐱 contigo. Gracias!!

Hey, are you sure that was Van Gogh?

11:15 is that van Gogh ?

Idk I don't mind the picture of the girl and dog in the center, it draws the eye to them

Put the picture slightly off center. Got it

Here from class. This dude be kinda cute ngl

Something to consider for future videos, including diversity makes it easier to share with students. Your explanation is well done.

More pen and ink basics

I can't see how it works in this 10:10 and this 10:54.

Artists like Leonardo da Vinci could have greatly improved paintings like The Mona Lisa by using advice from The 'Virtual Instructor : )

It all makes me wonder why the Mona Lisa her face is close to the center of the picture plane.

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Golden ratio + Rule of Thirds = Greatness

if u look something u will find it .. and reality is 80% of pictures dont even use rule of third ,,just like last 3 paintings ... u can draw net over it but no it dont fit to rule guide so your rule is junk

It's 1/9th of the total canvas... Not 1/3... Come on...

In my opinion the woman in the second photo would look better in the center

2:01 The original image is more successful, not after editing

That shirt button tho

"goes up with mouse" the rule of fourths

"piCture"

Is it me or this sounds like an after thought like people that try to make the Fibonacci circle!

That polo button drives me crazy

a pitcher is a jug not a picture please------------

Please, please stop calling a picture a “pitcher”!

the "RULE"...hahahahahahah....now we play by the rules...lol until all art looks like a brand logo

Bro did you see the Bic Mac on his Lip

Wife gives birth to new born baby Doctor: damn this is the uglies baby I have ever seen Me: put a grit over it Doc: wow... see, now his nose lines up with the vertical line and ..... 🤦‍♂️

please stop calling it RULE, is just a PROPORTION.

Why do you talk like cleveland from family guy, 😂😂 I'm sorry just had to say it, very useful video BTW

I don't agree with you