A Brush with Wildlife: Create a Composition with Carl Rungius

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Creating a composition is one of the most exciting and challenging aspects facing an artist. How do you use art principles like balance, contrast, movement, and proportion to compose a powerful work of art?

Carl Rungius, one of America's finest wildlife artists, was fascinated with composition throughout his career. What can we learn from him as we make our own compositions? Introduce yourself to the animated principles of art, then create your own composition and submit it to the Critique Gallery for review!

Art Principles Animated

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