In case you thought painting was easy. I have to tell you a cautionary tale of a painter who failed to take account of his own compositional guidelines and nearly came a cropper as a result. It turns out that its one thing to know what you should do, but another to actually do it! […]
I painted this picture recently which I have called Blossom (9″ x 12″ oil on board) and as it is a more complicated arrangement than most of the little studies I have been doing lately it made me think again about the subject of composition and how essential it is to making a good painting
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