Master the basics of visual composition with this full-step tutorial designed for beginners. Learn how to balance elements, ...

So when I read Joseph Teller making much the same assertion in an essay last fall, “Are We Teaching Composition All Wrong?” I recognized hyperbole when I saw it.

In composition, if the parent object is destroyed, then the child objects also cease to exist. Composition is actually a strong type of aggregation and is sometimes referred to as a “death ...