Composition - How the Old Masters may have worked

Fabtastic paintings don't just happen! The Old Masters did not just walk up to a canvas, splash paint about and create a masterpiece. They planned and worked out a composition of where each part of it could work together to create the atmosphere, convey the message and, most of all, display their expertise. In this lesson we  will study the structure behind their paintings and see if we can find any constructions that we maybe able to use in our paintings.