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  Albert Handell, Taos Cottonwoods , oil on masonite panel, 18 x 20",Collection of Mr and Mrs. Robert V. hatcher, Jr. Published in Albert's book, Intuitive Composition , 1988. WITH VARIOUS ARMATURES Overlaid. The painting is from the section titled Backgrounds in Composition. Albert and Halbert will be conducting popup workshops on Composition and Dynamic Symmetry at the Bluebird Studios in Santa Fe on Aug 23, 24. For more information visit  www.alberthandellstudio.com .  www.karenhalbert.com and  www.bluebirdstudiosantafe.com . Different armatures will be presented By Halbert on the second day for various paintings by Albert and other historically significant artists, who acknowledged working with Dynamic Symmetry and other Armatures.  Contemporary artists will be studied as well. In addition, construction steps will be demonstrated for the armatures for students to use to analyze their own paintings.  New tools will be demonstrated including a new approa...

Dynamic Symmetry Appendix

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  Condensed Dynamic Symmetry Appendix By Karen Halbert May 2, 2025. Blog Version Created.  Bibliography links need to be added to the Bibliography Tip: Print from browser window (Safari) May 1, 2025. Condensed version: Remove the section on Construction of the Dynamic Symmetry Armature using measurements (but keep the summary table) and Remove the section on annotated intersections of the diagonals. Keep only one or two examples of a comparison with ROT (rule of thirds). Remove the section on the Fibonacci Sequence since it’s always covered in the master presentation. Remove the Mondrian Golden Mean Construction. Prior to May 1. Added Construction of Golden Rectangle Inside a Square Added alterna-ve method for construc-ng the self-similar rectangles. ...