Art advise and techniques

There seems to be some sort of gravitational effect here: the larger the mass of color, the more our attention is drawn to it.

Regularity and irregularity—and their combinations—are powerful.

Color's effect on us is very strong—stronger than that of other picture elements.

When we see similar shapes in a picture—or in life—we relate those shapes to each other: they seem to belong together.

I cleared almost all the pieces away again, and tilted some tree trunks. Now the heroine is no longer in a forest of vertical, reliable trees, but in a woods where trees might fall on her at any time.

Curved shapes embrace us and protect us.

We see shapes in context, and our reactions to them depend in large part on that context.

I see how powerful white is here because it shows up so strongly against dark backgrounds. The white is effective because it is used with restraint.