A Brush with Wildlife: Create a Composition with Carl Rungius

 

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Welcome to the Critique Gallery!

Below are several recent compositions which museum staff have selected to critique and display. We chose these because they are the most interesting to critique, not because they are the best or the worst of the month.

What do you think of these compositions? What do you think of our critiques? Send us your comments and critiques! We may add your comments the Critique Gallery!

And be sure you create a composition of your own to submit to the Critique Gallery!

 

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Composition by Claire. Theme: "Nature is beautiful"

Our critique: Wow! This composition is rather busy. The viewer isn't sure where to focus because of the proliferation of subjects.

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Composition by David. Theme: "Nature is wild and untamed"

Our critique: Your portrait of the cat is interesting because the subject isn't looking at the viewer and it is in the background.

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Composition by David. Theme: "Nature is a struggle for survival"

Our critique: You've employed a common convention in wildlife art; featuring the subject in the center foreground.

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Composition by charles Friend. Theme: "what is happening"

Our critique: Because you've placed the fox off-center in your composition, it is more interesting than most portraits.

Now be sure you create a composition of your own to submit to the Critique Gallery!

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