Books, Information Needed on Compositions

[Angela]

Are there any really GOOD books on composition and design? I am always searching for things that would make a good composition and have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. I want to do a nautical scene with boats and such, and have gotten some reference photos from that *other* site, but don't know how to put them together to make one good photo.

Are there websites I can go to that would give me good pointers, or a really good book out there?

[Cleo]

Really need to go the the composition expert for this one...



Arlene ?







Cleo :)

[Gemma]

Design & Composition Secrets of Professional Artists (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1929834098/qid=1120007719/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-5015934-0212045) - It's available at Amazon, just click on the title to get there.

Gemma

[Arlene]

Excellent book that Gemma recommended. Also if you have Janie Gildow and Barbara Newton-Benedetti's book Colored Pencil Solution Book, they give a very good lesson on comp there.