Join Leo Winstead as he deals with one of the basic elements of art- composition. Informal composition, where elements from left to right or top to bottom vary significantly, it is important to keep in mind that the entire image and not just the focus of the image has to be taken into account.

Epilogue Editor Patrick McEvoy shares some of his favorite art instruction books, why they’re his favorites, and some ideas about what to look for when deciding which books to add to your collection.

In this digital painting, Irene Bressel has come up with a dynamic scene, and spiced it up with some unconventional rendering, less detailed and line-oriented than her usual style. This sort of experimentation is always wonderful to see, and makes this piece stand out from the crowd in many ways. Unfortunately, while it has some very definite strong points, there are also some areas that could be addressed to make a stronger piece.

This in-depth, step-by-step tutorial by Joel Hoekstra shows how he created his piece “Lost City of the Amazons”. This tutorial is aimed at traditional artists who use Photoshop and other software packages to mimic traditional painting techniques.

Jean Pierre Targete demonstrates how he used line intersections to create a dynamic composition for his work “Planet of the Apes”.