Baumann on Composition in painting. Divine Proportion

[@bfranklin69]

Wow. Years of hearing about it and this is the first time I actually understood the golden ratio.

[@adnanshamsi4894]

A very high quality video in the midst of whatever's on KZbin. Great watch! Words can't describe the level of information provided here.

[@AlonzoTheArmless]

Another video that will require multiple viewings, time, and practice to absorb. Thank you for all this valuable info. I have no idea why, but I see one person gave a thumbs down to the video. I would love to know that reasoning because this is one of Stefan's best videos, and a must-watch (in my mind) for every art student.

[@rosevanveen9936]

AlonzoTheArmless y

[@dennismitchell5276]

Scrolls with left thumb hid the down thumb by accident and don't notice.

[@emmetlarrissy8228]

I am so glad I saw this video. Yet again your advice is so useful and cannot be found elsewhere on youtube.

[@StefanBaumann]

Thanks

[@annacoribioanna]

I have not found anyone talking about these things he does, thank you so much!

[@judymooreperezful]

your lectures are so awesome, thank you so much for contributing to our development as artists.

[@StefanBaumann]

Your welcome

[@leonienolan511]

can not tell you how much i love your classes, you are an amazing teacher, thank you Stefan.

[@roxanacastro-kooi6066]

I love your classes! I wish my composition teacher would explained like you do!

[@borealiswan2363]

thank you for reviving all this knowledge we've been ignoring for too long. I knew about it from studying the compositions of Old Masters, but didn't know how to apply it to contemporary painting practice, especially plein air. Your video came just in time to help me solve a composition issue I had last Sunday while painting outdoors !! supreme intervention !

[@StefanBaumann]

Im glad you like it

[@hilary729]

You're a very gifted teacher. I learn so much from you. Thank you.😊

[@StefanBaumann]

Thanks again, Im inspired by what you say

[@glassmanagementinc]

Sacred geometry! Stefan, you made this so easy for me to understand...you have no idea how many have tried! Not only are you a gifted artist, you are one of the best, most inspiring teachers I have ever met. Thanks you so much! Newly subscribed, and looking forward to a workshop!

[@linkedLisa]

Thank You, again, for another great lesson.

[@StefanBaumann]

your welcome

[@peppercornfury]

Priceless info. You have the best art lesson videos.

[@salamsweiss9736]

Wow! Awesome lecture. I learned so much in a 30 minute video. Thank you for sharing your lectures. God bless you.

[@Stevie2014]

Actually, the “Golden ratios” was used first in Ancient Egyptian Architect for example: the Great Pyramid of Giza site topography is set up and designed using three Golden Ratio and Phi. Designs. Not only was it used in the Great Pyramids of Egypt, but we see it the Golden Ratio used throughout Ancient Egyptian Architecture and Art in numerous examples going back many thousands of years before any Greek Civilians.

[@leearcher3912]

Wonderful teacher. Also, you could have easily became an actor with those strong handsome looks😉

[@erikfisher302]

These are great videos!! The perspective on the topics are extremely insightful! Such a breath of fresh air!!

[@ludwighettig5624]

Hi stefan. Thank you for sharing your skills. Watching from newzealand.

[@omprakashsahkanu2419]

Thank You sir for this wonderful video. I can't come and join you up there, but you are very kind to upload it on youtube for the rest of us.

[@StefanBaumann]

Thanks

[@elisabethjackson8377]

WOW, mind blowing! And yet, much of this is common sense as you were saying. Thank you for sharing this useful info!

[@kathleenhutter4412]

Oh my! This is a bit dizzying lol!! Funny how you can see when things look wrong, but knowing how to do it because you understand why it looks right, is a first time concept for me. It had always just been intuitive, I always seemed to have a natural sense of it. This helps understand the why. Thank you!

[@preetiartist01]

You are truly amazing. Love listening and learning from you. Gratitude to you.

[@christinefecteau4273]

SUPER lesson!!

[@AlisonFennell]

Stefan - thank you for bringing this knowledge to light in such an interesting and inspiring way. I recently read a book called The Power of Limits and it says what you said about the patterns in nature - so fascinating.

[@StefanBaumann]

Ill have to look up that book, Thanks for the kind words

[@AlisonFennell]

Hi Stefan - my absolute pleasure. I was telling my painter friend Jude about your channel yesterday and how you have all the old knowledge. I studied sight-size classical drawing for 10 weeks last summer. It was all about tones and it opened my eyes. I always pick up something new or am reminded of classical principles when I listen to you - thanks a million.

[@Mixawelle]

Great video! Thanks!

[@StefanBaumann]

glad you liked it

[@lotusjoy1208]

Thnaks for a great video. I like that you mention the fourth value, which reminds me of Andrew Loomis. You are the only artist who has ever mention the fourth value. Thanks.

[@lucywaked3103]

You really show your talent! You ARE.

[@lella2201]

So you're the one who suggested the golden mean canvas ... Bravo. I learned it long ago from Leonardo and then read a book called 'Nature's Numbers' (the first version)... So my kids grew up knowing about the golden ratio, Fibonacci numbers and the great wonders of nature as the harmony in which we best thrive. I'm very glad you brought this up. I found that I'd been composing with an instinct of such phenomena before I knew why. Maybe your students would enjoy the book. It's available used on amazon, the first edition.

[@margaretgonzalez9350]

so much valuable information!...now i know it, and can apply when need be........thank you stefan.

[@zahoorjan6999]

wonderful sir,I got a lot from this educational video.You are great,God bless you.

[@LuisNgchongJrArt]

I watch your videos all the way to the end you teach well

[@StefanBaumann]

Thanks and you watching all the way to the end makes youtube and me happy

[@LuisNgchongJrArt]

Stefan Baumann welcome

[@milospalguta6174]

Thank you very much for this! Was looking for such talk long time. Just thank you!

[@lotusjoy1208]

I need to make a correction on my previous comment. What I meant was the planes in a painting. Most artists consider three planes but Andrew Loomis found a fourth one. Thnaks.

[@piscislunartarot1561]

Thanks, very helpful video.

[@anonymousfellowindian]

Thankyou

[@emmetlarrissy8228]

I am using your composition advice in my next paintings. I am pretty sure they will improve a lot and I can show you show much better they look after.

[@StefanBaumann]

good luck

[@1angry5]

This tutorial is very informative. I'm wondering if I can apply this to my abstract work? I've always used the rule rule of thirds in my photographs, paintings and drawings but this really gives me much more to consider. You explain this in a non condescending manor and so professional. Thanks for posting this Stefan. It's much appreciated.

[@annmitchell4901]

If I was to divide a Monday based on the Golden mean this video would be placed on the top right central focal point Golden mean. Just in case I missed the point and am talking nonsense ...Listening to this video was the perfect way to end my day. Question : Is there a relationship between "the right side feeling more natural" with the majority of people being right handed?

[@LuisNgchongJrArt]

natrully in the united states we natrully read left to right it also goesfar lft handed people

[@StefanBaumann]

I have talked about that before it seems left handed people connect with the right side ot the brain easier

[@virginiarparker9503]

Thank you for your time

[@nickfanzo]

great

[@daveparker4793]

Brilliant again, thanks

[@chrissymurray1643]

G'day Stefan, must remember this rule when I'm stuck and my composition is not looking right. Thanks again.

[@bigrayink2155]

this is one of my favorite videos from you!! 🙌🎨 thank you this is so helpful..

[@Superflow66]

Great videos

[@StefanBaumann]

Thanks

[@jordanlyle3669]

Awesome information! Thanks for sharing

[@gavinyates9189]

Thank you, amazing.

[@wilmakerstholt699]

I have a good teacher 😘

[@FreeSpokenOne]

It was due to the Golden Ratio that in my youth as a fine jewelry sales person, an assigned duty included setting up display cases after they noticed a knack for placing each thing in the right spot. It wasn’t measurement but ‘feel’ and ‘sensing’ where everything belongs, a balancing, and is innate. Good decorators understand balance and it’s why they are paid so well to beautify businesses and homes. It’s also in feng shui to provide natural harmony to a living space. People make fun of those who move and change things around, calling them perfectionists, but they create balanced beauty wherever they are. Granted it can be persnickety and annoying too! Go ahead and move that pillow, I dare you… 😂

[@frecklered3098]

Omg I'm so glad I found u! don't kno where to start so I'm just gonna watch everything u put out- so informative- thank u!!!

[@karimloberg6876]

Good stuff

[@FreeSpokenOne]

Can’t wait for fractal equations in 🖼 , it’s bound to be all the rage…

[@allthewayalive92]

Thank you. I wanted to know more about this.

[@StefanBaumann]

Keep watching there is more to come

[@palakam54]

Thanks for. The eye opener

[@ruthmiyahara9490]

amazingly informative!

[@StefanBaumann]

COOL!

[@ruthmiyahara9490]

Hello again, Could you give me the link to the video where you play the 50 tape about drawing set to Peter and the Wolf please? I know others who would love to hear that. I related to that so much , my personal experience was a grade school teacher, who while walking past my desk snatched up a drawing I was making of a tiger in the jungle, crumpled it up, and threw it away... I never drew again. Now at 61 I have reconnected with the artist in my soul, I'll never give it up again. Thank you for taking the time to read and answer.

[@StefanBaumann]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3S3cmlrprmGrNk

[@StefanBaumann]

"how artist paint without fear" is the name of the video search it on youtube

[@song4night]

Thank you Sir!

[@synnvelande8919]

Thank you :D

[@lorraineclark3517]

Excellent content

[@Bitternov]

Nice. Practical and great info on composition. Loved the Golden Mean and Divine Proportion discussion.....Those darned abstractionists messed everything up---not really. I love lots of abstract and impressionistic art----like music--doesn't have to represent something....it's music--free...

[@chrishayman1747]

Still getting my head around the maths🤪but could one draw a spiral or golden mean grid on an acetate sheet and quickly overlay it on the canvas to assess where components in a composition might be best placed? I guess you would need to start with a Golden mean canvass? Can anyone chip in on this please?

[@gabrysgabriukas]

Thank you for the lesson! what about composing in square are there any rules? Also why there is a saying that please do not compose object in the center is a mistake?

[@lewisallrightsreserved7879]

Some 35mm and now digital "full frame" photographers will note that 24x36, as well as being a common large print size (in inches)/proportion is almost exactly the same proportion as their film gates/image sensors.. 24x36mm.😀

[@Mystical-mojo]

How do we make golden grids on a normal canvas that doesn’t have a golden proportions

[@monanurag8787]

What is the old standard of the dimensions of a canvas..can you please tell me the standard sizes

[@DineseBeckert]

Ah crap, I have mild vertigo, cannot watch this video, the transitions are beautiful, but MOVING........ha!!! oh divine proportion, I got you...TOMORROW...

[@quiettornado1970]

I was wondering why my drawing is always right heavy.

[@Nirmal5raj]

well that was great information, but stefan why aren't there young people in your class.

[@mikedonovan8811]

Doesn't the 24" x 36" format come from bookbinding? If you fold it in half, it's 18" x 24". If you fold it in half again, it's 12" x 18". Again, and it's 9" x 12". Bind it on one side, then cut a half inch off the three other side, and you have 32 8 1/2" x 11" pages. Johnny was on our left, Doc Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra were on our right. Jay inherited that stage format from Johnny. Johnny would do the monologue down and center, Doc and the band were on his left (stage right on Johnny's right), Ed McMahon was to our left (stage left, on Johnny's left). After the monologue, Johnny would sit at the desk on our left (stage right), but Ed would always appear to the left of him (on Johnny's right).

[@StefanBaumann]

Hea the right side is always the place of power

[@seeamerica1]

The only free book I'm seeing on the website is The Grand View. Don't see the Palette pdf???????

[@lorinsmall5403]

Children raise in the 80's and their parents should know this because of Donald Duck Mathmagic Land on video. 😉 Great advice in these videos!

[@AV1611BibleBelievingJimmy]

Romans 1:20 KJV For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

[@mariecullenoliver1949]

Hoped you could answer a question on the formula you used. Looking at your 16” canvas the first measure is 9.88; the successive is 6.11 and so on marking the left side with the measurement points. Then you say to reverse the measurement to mark the right side. My question is do you again divide the 16” by 1.618 and put the 9.88 mark on the outside of the right side at of the canvas and then successive division? If so, the marks on left get closer together as you move toward the canvas edge and get closer on the right side as you move to the middle from that first 9.88 on the right edge . Is that correct? In summary, could you tell me how to calculate the points from the initial 9.88 and going towards the right side of the 16” canvas- is the 9.88/1.618 the correct first measure point or should the mark be at (16 - 9.88)/1.618 mark and then successive division on the right which moves towards the center. Appreciate our answer -Thank you.

[@larsnocge6086]

HOW MUH THE PANTES OR WOER

[@bradz0636]

I want to ask the 11 people that disliked this, what were they thinking.

[@albyricana3402]

Sir what about the size 40×40? is it the same? divide in 1.618?

[@bitobito6366]

yo soy luis quiero mas porque tengo que aprender mas/ todos aprendemos algo de todos me gusta pintar

[@StefanBaumann]

No Spanish sorry

[@sirtha1000]

Artists like Rothko seems to be working from the golden ratio...

[@StefanBaumann]

yep

[@sirtha1000]

I find it interesting that the golden ratio never gets mentioned in any of the documentaries about artists like him. There's a reason that his art works and it's sort of funny how people stare at them and don't get it.

[@BillyAfterDark]

33.3?

[@gavinyates9189]

Picasso broke rules, Vincent van Gogh broke the rules, Jackson Pollock broke the rules, so when you're very disciplined it's hard to break the rules and go abstract.

[@markg9178]

Is anyone else annoyed by the woman that's constantly interrupting him? I realize this isn't a traditional classroom but it's very rude and distracting. Stefan is a saint, I would have told her to shut the hell up at some point. Show some respect!

[@lindakopec7036]

How do you spell "feminautse"?

[@lindakopec7036]

Never mind --- I found it --- Fibonacci :)

[@miguelmelendez3354]

I'd marry you...lol