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two paintings of pears and lemons on a blue background

Before I reveal the winner of the giveaway I thought I would talk a bit about composition. Now there are many elements within composition (symmetry/asymmetry, balance, harmony, etc.) but I just want to focus on open vs. closed, a basic understanding that I try to teach the kids. So here are some pears. A great subject matter for Fall and this arrangement is a CLOSED composition. Why is it closed, the focus is just on those 3 pears. A closed composition tends to be kind of static, getting the…

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the big ben clock tower towering over the city of london from behind an iron fence

Every photograph has a frame. By its very nature, the top, bottom, and sides of a photo, be it digital or printed are the boundaries of our composition. However, composition does not have to stop at the physical or digital edges of our images. Very often we add an extra frame to the outside of our images. This could be a photo frame for a print or a black border for a digital image. Both will change the composition of the image.

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an old book with pictures of people and letters

In fine art and graphic design, the Principles of Design are used to create works that are balanced, have unity, successfully incorporate shapes and forms and, in general, have an aesthetic quality. In drawing, the term Composition is used to describe the design and placement of objects within the four edges of the paper. In this chapter we will cover the visual forces at work in drawing Composition, as well as Design Systems from Europe and Asia.

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