The Simple Secret to Better Painting: How to Immediately Improve Your Work with the One Rule of Composition

A painting is only as good as its composition. No matter how well the colours match, how realistically the subject matter is drawn, or how accurate the perspective is, if the composition is weak, a painting will not be as impactful or as interesting as it could be. One of the most important elements to any painting, composition can also be one of the most intimidating. In this clearly set out book. Greg Albert makes the principles of composition easy to remember and use, as he condenses all the complicated rules into one unforgettable master rule: Never Make Any Two Intervals the Same. By "interval," Albert refers to intervals of distance, length, spacing and dimensions of shapes, as well as the intervals of the values on a value scale and the colours on the colour wheel. He demonstrates this fool-proof "rule" with clear, concise diagrams and sketches, plus samples from today's top painters. Readers will learn from the work of Frank Webb, Tony Couch, Kevin MacPhearson, Charles Reid, Tony Van Hasselt and many more! Artists of all levels will find this invaluable secret to 'great composition easy to remember and even easier to use as they radically improve their compositions from the start.