Like a lot of artists I’ve found myself exploring the ‘Golden Ratio’ or ‘Divine Ratio’ as its also sometimes known, a geometric formula that’s supposed to be found in everything from simple plants to spiral galaxies - even the human body can be broken down using the golden section.

The formula is a very useful tool for artists in composing paintings and drawings - in fact Artists and Architects have been using the golden section as a guide since the time of the Ancient Greeks.

In order to make the process of testing out compositions using the Divine Ratio easier I decided to write a small piece of software to automate the use of compositional grids in setting up compositions, and have decided to make it publicly available for free.

To find out more just click on the links above.

Download Golden Section Viewer

New Feature: I’ve now added an image size feature to make scaling the picture against the grid easier!

New Feature: Perspective viewer, now you can overlay simple one point perspective grids over your photo!

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Graham Hanks Portrait painter based in Doncaster Yorkshire producing portraits in oils and pastels