The term composition means "putting together". A composition means how you the artist choose to organise or arrange what is in the picture space. A good composition draws the viewer in and catches their attention.
Open Composition
Closed Composition
What is COMPOSITION?
There are many formal ways to compose a composition, you may have heard of composition rules like,
the rule of thirds,
triangular composition, or even
the golden rule.
All of these are important to learn but we are going to focus on open and closed composition.
Look at the images of animals below and see if you can work out the difference?
Use the link below to choose you open composition of your inspirational animal.