Think of the centre of interest in a painting as you would read it in a novel or see it in a movie. The crisis or climax is that point when you simply can't put the book down or wouldn't dare leave the movie, for whatever reason.

The way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions.

The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care.

You have to understand how the human eye behaves when it views a scene for the first time. Work with that knowledge, and your paintings will have more drama and will evoke strong reactions.

When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking in the artist's composition. The composition is the totality of the work.

By merely increasing or decreasing the amount of contrast in any area we can move the observer through the painting.

Realistically there is no limit to the possibilities. How does an artist make decisions?