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4. Composition

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A composition exercise

The way a picture is composed can sometimes go unnoticed. Yet the arrangement of elements in a picture influences the way it is viewed.

To find out what happens when the composition is altered, the students traced the elements of the painting - the ships, houses and buildings - and rearranged them to reflect different moods.

This exercise enabled students to become more aware of composition as an effective expressive tool.

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