![]() So, composition includes more than “composition.” Payne slips under this umbrella everything that goes into making a painting: color, perspective (both linear and aerial), mark-making and much more. Hence the study of composition is a matter of studying art and all of its factors and influences. ![]() Bringing these together, to form this composite, creates the process of composing. He writes in his introduction:Ī fine painting is a composite of all its factors and influences. You and I might define “composition” as the placement of shapes within a frame. If Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting is the “bible” of plein air painting, I would consider Edgar Payne's Composition of Outdoor Paintingto be the “bible study supplement.” Have underlined and highlighted lots, too.
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