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.

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

All artists are illusionists of one kind or another.

Monet, Manet, Sisley, Renoir, Van Gogh and others went outside to paint for one simple reason - it looks different outside.

The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of shapes... Light can be a theme.

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

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