Into Composition
Subtitle: A Painter's Guide
Publisher: The Millrind Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Fordham Colchester
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 36
Other titles: No
Notes: This book is mainly about composition, how to recognise it and how best to use it. It doesn’t matter which medium you use, composition is always a consideration. I seek to explain the more practical and therefore the more obvious factors of this fascinating subject but I will leave a fuller discussion to others.
Table of contents: title: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	4; title: CONTENTS	5; title: 1. Introduction 	7; title: What is a painting?	8; title: What is composition?	9; title: 2. Aspects of Composition	11; title: Golden Section 	11; title: Lines joining significant points 	12; title: Centre of interest and sweet points 	12; title: Rabatment 	14; title: Eye Line 	14; title: Emphasis and contrast	15; title: Dominance 	15; title: Repetition & variation	17; title: Tonal balance	17; title: Linking the mid-tones	18; title: Strong verticals and horizontals	18; title: Rhythm of forms	19; title: Diagonal Lines give action & dynamism 	20; title: Pointers to the centre of interest	21; title: Compositional faults	23; title: 3. Working Methods 	26; title: Planning 	26; title: Using a viewfinder	26; title: Sketching	28; title: Simplification	30; title: Photography 	33; title: From the sketch to the painting	35; title: 5. The Process	39