When undertaking a complicated composition, an artist often divides the attention of the viewer by creating two (or more) centers of interest. When that is done, the picture's integrity suffers. I exposed one of my own mistakes in a previous article. http://williambuffett.blogspot.com/2011/11/using-photographs.html
The two houses, in this sketch, were threatening to divide, like microbes, into two cells.
Paul Gaugin painted fine and original and complex pictures which are treasured everywhere they hang. Only a very few, painted early in his career, exhibit this flaw.
Giovanni Bellini:
I could find only one somewhat borderline example from the work of Andrew Wyeth:
Gabriele Munter:
Artists, be aware of this pitfall.
The two houses, in this sketch, were threatening to divide, like microbes, into two cells.
Paul Gaugin painted fine and original and complex pictures which are treasured everywhere they hang. Only a very few, painted early in his career, exhibit this flaw.
Giovanni Bellini:
I could find only one somewhat borderline example from the work of Andrew Wyeth:
Gabriele Munter:
Artists, be aware of this pitfall.
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