‘Jeune Fille en Robe Rouge sur Fond de Fleurs’ by Emile Lévy (in The Drawing and Pastel Gallery) highlights how effective a few basic rules of composition can be.  It’s a simple pose but I loved it.  For me it works because the ‘V’ shape neckline of the girl’s dress is mimicked in the stance of her hands which also form a ‘V ‘.  It’s called a ‘repeated motif’ and it’s also repeated in her hair which is an upside down ‘V’ directly above and mirroring the neckline o...
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