Tips on how to break down the picture plane when composing a picture.

1. Compositional Techniques

2. A strong composition makes great art!

3. The artist guides your eye without you knowing it through Implied Lines .

4. Choosing a Picture Plane. Low Horizon Line with a Strong Vertical High Horizon Line with a Strong Vertical Classic Triangle

5. The main emphasis is on the low horizon line with a strong vertical. Pieter Breugel the Elder. Hunters in the Snow . (1565)

6. The main emphasis is on the low horizon line with a strong vertical. Pieter Breugel the Elder. Hunters in the Snow . (1565)

7. The main emphasis is on the high horizon line with a strong vertical. Ramon Casas. Portrait of Eric Satie . (1891)

8. The main emphasis is on the high horizon line with a strong vertical. Ramon Casas. Portrait of Eric Satie . (1891)

9. The main emphasis is made by diagonal lines that create a triangle. Pablo Picasso. Guernica . (1937)

10. The main emphasis is made by diagonal lines that create a triangle. Pablo Picasso. Guernica . (1937)

11. But once you know the rules, you can break them with confidence. Pablo Picasso. Three Musicians . (1921)