Topic: wood easel - Painting Outdoors - Composing Your Subject Matter (BellaOnline)
To help my students, I usually suggest getting a mat board, with the center cut out like it is ready to frame a painting, from a craft or framing shop to use as a framing square. Hold the framing square at arm’s length and look through it at an area you think you would like to paint. Try centering that interesting old tree in the middle of your framing square, then move the framing square so the tree is about 1/3 of the way from one edge or the other. Once you have decided on a composition, you can tape your framing square to a corner of your canvas or onto your easel.
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