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The rule of thirds may be very familiar to you if you have studied art or photography or it may be an entirely new concept to you. Essentially the rule is a general guideline for creating pleasing composition in visual media of all types. The idea is that compositions are more pleasing when the focal point falls at
a point intersected by two lines created by dividing the image in thirds in both the horizontal and vertical directions.The "rule" also applies to items meeting at the vertical or horizontal lines, such as a horizon line in a photograph or painting or using one of these lines as the meeting point between two different scrapbook papers as shown in the sample below.
When laying out your scrapbook page, try different layouts using a third of the page vertically, horizontally or down the center to add interest in the background. Add trim or borders at the meeting line between paper sections. These rules are general guidelines only and are not to be followed rigidly. There are times when a page can effectively be split in two, such as when using two different primary or bold colors as background color blocks.
As shown here, primary color blocks can be effectively split in equal halves or quarters. The best use of this layout is for bold, primary designs, generally for young children's layouts.Again, rotate the layout for different effects. Add you own photos and embellishments to complete your own layout.
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