How to Compose Pictures and achieve Color Harmony [antikvár]

positive Composition is probably the most important, yet the most neglected, of the necessary elements for a successful picture. Good drawing and color are lost when the eye is repelled by poor composition. To explore the elements of composition and the effects generally created thereby, let us start with some very basic concepts. When a picture is mostly light, the eye is drawn to the dark elements and on a dark picture, to the light. '^^ative For convenient reference, let us call the larger area (not always the background) the NEGATIVE area and the smaller area or areas, to which the eye is drawn, POSITIVE areas. Using these terms, we can explore paintings and develop our findings. Notice that it is not the objects but the dark or light patterns of objects, shadows and colors 2 that create positive or negative areas.