"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." - Oliver Wendell …
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Designing Nature: A Series of Composition Exercises – Part One
"Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant …
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How to Improve Your Compositions in 1,366 Easy Steps
"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence, but by oft falling" - LucretiusFor a …
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An Effective Practice Exercise to Develop Your Composition Skills
According to Carol Dweck (who's book Mindset I heartily recommend), there are two basic mind sets …
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A Powerful Way To Improve Your Compositions You (Probably) Haven’t Tried
What do planets, fractals and migrating birds all have in common? They all follow patterns. We …
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Principles of Composition: Opposition and Transition
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, …
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Meditations on Line: Dow Composition Practice, Chapter Two
"If the result has but a slight degree of line beauty it can be considered a firststep in Art." …
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Picture Composition Practice with Arthur Wesley Dow
It's 5:45 AM. I'm sitting cross legged on a cushion on the floor. Most of the world around me …
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Composition: Some Possible Approaches to Learning Pictorial Design
I'd like to start this post by thanking everyone who mentioned artists and posted composition …
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What Makes Good Composition?
Can composition be learned? And if so, how? Over the next few posts I'm going to try and …