Introduction

You will need a whiteboard with internet access.

Zoom in on the details of this painting on Google Art Project. 

Can you spot other things that add to the sense of balance in the composition?

• The distant boats line up with the peak.
• The smoke and its reflection create a line down to the woman holding her baby.
• The sunlight catching the smooth hill on the left makes it equal in interest to the rougher hill on the right.

Look up Richard Wilson at ArtUK and see if you can work out how he used balance in other compositions.