I can highly recommend a book by Ian Roberts, “Mastering Composition” for an in-depth introduction. Whether using a basic “L” or “S” shape or a bit more complex application, I am convinced that any path to follow is better than none at all. Composition and color theory and all that stuff seemed like such a boor! But as musical notes give the musician freedom to play and create beautiful sounds so does composition add to the painter’s ability to successfully express on canvas with the bonus of engaging and leading the viewer. I was probably like the new music student learning the notes to play an instrument who says to his instructor “Do I have to learn all of this? Can’t you just teach me to play a song?”. This was a subject I put off learning for some time. Along the trail of learning in the art world we at some point have to accept the fact that composition is a crucial element to a complete painting process.
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