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Echo Point Books & Media Strengthen Your Paintings With Dynamic Composition by Frank Webb
Create compelling paintings by mastering compositional techniques!While happy accidents may occasionally contribute to producing strong eyecatching paintings conscious painting is more important. According to author Frank Webb Composition is more important than fact technique or subject. To create compelling expressive works you must make the composition the foundation of your plan. This book provides examplebyexample demonstrations of how you can achieve this.The works of 24 professional artists included in this book give you an overtheshoulder look at how to apply composition techniques. Armed with this information you can paint a powerful picture andjust as importantlyanalyze and improve a work that has gone wrong.Strengthen Your Paintings with Dynamic Composition is an indispensable addition to the artists library that you will read and reread. Webbs memorable instruction will guide the beginner through composition challenges and serve as a reference for the more experienced painter.Frank Webb a professional artist since 1947 is a Dolphin Fellow of the American Watercolor Society which he has represented in international exhibitions in Canada New York England Scotland and Mexico City. A guest instructor in all 50 states juror and lecturer Webb has received over 110 major medals and awards from national competitions including six from the American Watercolor Society. Collectors of Webbs paintings include National Taiwan Arts Education Center Baylor University Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State University Portland Museum of Art and South Arkansas Arts Center to name a few. Webb is featured in Whos Who in American Art and Whos Who in the East and he is also a member of the Allied Artists of America Audubon Artists the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Association and many other art associations.Readers interested in related titles from Frank Webb will also want to see: Watercolor Energies (ISBN: 1626541140) Webb on Watercolor (ISBN: 1626540810).show more