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Composition is thearrangement of shapesto keep the eye moving
with pleasure.
Glenn Hirsch
Positive and Negative Shape
(M.C. Escher 1930)
(Richard Diebenkorn c. 1965)
(Graham Sutherland c. 1945)
Robert Bechtel, watercolor
DIAGONALS
Theatrical light is directional light illuminating darkness (like a theater stage or in a movie). This kind of chiaroscuro lighting was pioneered by Caravaggio. Caravaggio “The Calling of St Matthew“ 1602
Andrew Wyeth
Kathe Kollwitz
Degas
Richard Diebenkorn
John Singer Sargent
SCALE
Gerhard Lamprecht, 1921
Richard Diebenkorn
(Johannes Vermeer, 1665)
Vermeer’s cat
Georgia O'Keefe
J.M.W. Turner, 1840
Winslow Homer
translation of value
dark on top of light
light on top of dark
A ‘translation of value’ white against dark, and dark against light
(charcoal study by Georges Seurat, c. 1885)
Translation of value, light against dark and dark against light (Georges Seurat)
Translation of value - light against dark, and dark against light.
A ‘translation of value’ white against dark, and dark against light
Translation of value - white against black, and black against white. (Mo Seder)
Artists look for the translation of value, light against dark and dark against light, when figuring out a complex composition.
Vladimir Volegov
