Introduction To Composition

What Is Composition?

Well, here's how it can be officially defined by a dictionary: 
1. The nature of something’s ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.
2. The action of putting things together; formation or construction.

Composition can be confusing and hard to pin down, you don’t really notice good composition in a painting it is just there, which is why the dictionary definition above doesn’t necessarily help us. While ‘the action of putting thing together‘ is a way to explain it, the actions of putting things together so they "work" s harder to explain.  Throughout this unit, we will begin to uncover some of the secrets artists have been using for centuries to make their compositions work. 

Here are a few links to get us started:
Creating Focal Points
Composition in Art :  Part 1 |  Part 2  | Part 3
The Elements and Principles Defined

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