She's right in figuring out what the first level of the picture is. But here are a couple points to remember:1) Don't trace the picture, draw it.
2) Geneva has drawn the detailed silhouettes of the main elements of the picture and there is no way anyone would know where all the details would fit when drawing a composition.
The first step would be to rough in overall shapes - not every little detail. Hierarchy means do the big forms first, then break them down successively into smaller and smaller forms that fit into the larger ones.
This above would be step 3. Step 2 would be to roughly break down the bigger shapes into the proportions of the characters that fit into the totem poles.
Josh Heisie:
Josh came closest to understanding and applying hierarchy. He started with roughing the big overall forms that make up the composition.
Josh like Geneva skipped a second step of measuring off the proportions of each of the characters or sub forms that make up the main forms.
A little stiff, but the right idea...Zorrilla the magician:
I'm having trouble following how we got from one step to the next in this series.
And again, it won't help to trace the drawings.
Anyone else try it?
