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Name of Piece: Cycling In Sunset Artist: Edwin Meeuwsen Printed on: Paper Compositional Techniques: leading lines (1), rule of thirds (2) Has interesting point of view because it’s looking at the biker through the shadow and not of the biker himself Elements used: line (1) Principles used: movement (1), emphasis (2), contrast (3)
 * 1) The lines on the ground lead your eye directly to the shadow of the biker
 * 2) The photo is place not directly center so that there are interesting points to look at
 * 1) Line was used to create the lines in the road that are used as a compositional technique to create leading lines right to the shadow of the biker.
 * 1) You can sense the way the bike is traveling and can see how the bike will continue to go along the path.
 * 2) There is for sure emphasis on the biker. Although that is really the only subject it stand out well with how large it is and with the compositional technique that leads your eyes directly to it.
 * 3) There is definitely contrast with the lighter blues and the darker blues. Especially with the sun shining the way it is, you can really see the color changes.



Artist: Michael Wittig Printed on: watercolor paper Compositional Techniques: level horizon Elements used: shape (1) Principles used: balance
 * 1)  Level horizon was used to create a picture that was perfectly places so that you can see the horizon line. You can see the volume of the dancer because of level horizon.
 * 1) There were lots of organic shapes used in this image, like the chairs and the dancer and the tables.
 * 1)  Balance was used to make sure that on either side of the dancer there wasn’t more than on the other side to distract from the picture as a whole.



Artist: Abelardo Morell Printed on: paper Compositional Techniques: leading lines (1), framing (1), rule of thirds (2) Elements used: line (1), size (2) Principles used: harmony
 * 1)  The lines of the water moving lead you to other things and the lines on the table lead you around and frame the main focus of the picture.
 * 2)  The main part of the goblet is not placed in the direct center but more towards the top right corner.
 * 1)  Line is used to frame the picture and to help lead your eyes to certain parts of the image.
 * 2)  The goblet is much larger than it would normally be and is enlarged over the other things.
 * 1)  The whole image comes together and works. Similar things are used to create an interesting point of view.

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