"MAKE A CONFIDENT MISTAKE NOT A TIMID ATTEMPT"

Sunday 11 October 2015

Where to place the point of interest...


My example is this simple landscape with a house in the distance.

Firstly, the house shows up because it is set against a dark background...
remember:  Light against Dark and Dark against Light always has impact.

But moving on to the point of this post...

Never place the main subject in the Middle of a painting
Always put it slightly off centre, it's far more interesting to the viewer -



 Work with the One-third Rule



If I flip this painting you will see that you could have the point of interest on the right
and it works just as easily because it is in the one-third section of the painting.