
Composition
The Edge of the Canvas: Why Borders Change a Painting
Learn how to read a painting’s edge, tell a closed composition from an open one, and use a short looking exercise to…
How placement, scale, space and visual rhythm guide the eye.

Learn how to read a painting’s edge, tell a closed composition from an open one, and use a short looking exercise to…
You do not need specialist vocabulary to look carefully. Start with what you notice; then consider how the work was made and what its choices invite you to see.