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Live Panel: Composition 101
Thursday, August 6th
5–6pm MDT
7–8pm EDT
12am–1am BST (Friday)
9am–10am AEST (Friday)
Mentors: Diane Sanborn and Julie deBoer
$19.00
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A strong composition does more than organize the elements of your artwork. It captures attention, creates movement, and keeps viewers engaged from the first glance to the last.
But creating an effective composition isn't always intuitive.
Knowing where to place your focal point, how to create visual flow, and when a piece feels balanced takes practice.
Join Master Artists Diane Sanborn and Julie deBoer for an engaging discussion as they break down the essential principles of composition and share the strategies they use to build dynamic, intentional artwork.
Whether you work abstractly, representationally, or somewhere in between, you'll gain practical insights you can apply to your own artwork.
In this session, you'll explore:
- The foundational principles of balance, rhythm, emphasis, and movement
- How to guide the viewer's eye with intention
- Common compositional challenges and how to overcome them
- Ways to use negative space, scale, and placement for greater impact
- Practical techniques for evaluating and strengthening your compositions
- How thoughtful composition can support your artistic vision, regardless of style or medium
Whether you're new to composition or looking to refine your skills, you'll come away with a stronger understanding of the design principles that can transform your work.
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Meet Diane Sanborn
Acrylic | Coloured Pencil | Drawing | Mixed Media | Oil
Diane Di Bernardino Sanborn is a nationally recognized contemporary artist and educator whose work is held in university galleries, public spaces, and private collections across the country.
The Visual Dialogue
Diane describes her process as “listening” to the work. With a deep internal database of aesthetic information, she engages in a conversation with each piece, allowing her intuition and the technical guidance of past mentors to lead the way. While her formal concerns are primarily abstract, she frequently incorporates the figure into her compositions.
Evolution of Style
Diane fluidly moves between themes, media, and series. While her work may shift styles from week to week, it remains consistently recognizable through her signature palette and authentic instincts. Her professional motto reflects her grounded approach: “Take my work very seriously, but never myself.”
Meet Julie deBoer
Acrylic
My life is art. It’s about the creation of art, the support of artists, and impacting the world positively through art. I believe in and am building a non-competitive community at Mastrius, where artists can grow their skills and pursue their passions together, because…
ART is powerful and purposeful. It is not about making pretty things to hang on the wall, to match the curtains. Art changes our perspective and opens us up to something much deeper, higher, and grander than ourselves.
Creating unique impressions of the world as I see and experience them, is life-giving to me, and it seems, to those who enjoy my work. I am a deep-welled person, sensitive in every way a person can be, which heightens my awareness and ability to connect with people through my art. Though it also makes life more painful, it also makes it more beautiful and I’m grateful for it.