Composition is Key, Part 2

"Stay on target." The penultimate words of Davish "Pops" Krail, aka, Gold Five, just before his Y-Wing crashed into the Death Star. There's a metaphor somewhere in there.

In the context of composition, focus refers to what the artist wants folks to remember when they walk away from their painting — not just in terms of the actual painting (“what a pretty picture”), but also in terms of the painting’s concept.

When starting a painting (or drawing, or whatever), choose what the focus of the painting is going to be. This is …