Student Union DIGITALLY INCLINED2 4/19

The compass by Karen Pierce
 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/catch-rosie/5137735929/

I liked this photograph very much. There is an illusion of the girl as if she is lifted by the balloons, but I think if the quantity of the balloons were a little more it would’ve reinforced this idea. May be even change the color of the balloons to white to match the background of the picture, which is the sky. I know that it is not a critique and that it is already displayed in a gallery to be judged, but I just want to write about what I think about this image. My drawing teacher used to say: "never draw the subject of your drawing in the center of your paper because your drawing will be too fixed and rigid". She always advised us to draw a still life from a different angle. In this image the subject, the girl, is in the center. I think that if she took the photo while the girl is on the edge of the picture frame it would've been more interesting to look at.