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 When we wish to plan a drawing or painting we must put this sense of movement into our picture. Obviously our figures and objects will be stationary, but there must be a sense of movement that carries the eyes pleasantly throughout the whole. We must make patterns, and evolve action or rhythm between each object.

If we pick up a book, attracted by the first page or the first few chapters, and we find that there is nothing further to hold our interest, what do we do but discard the book? So it is with a picture. We must arrest the eye. But we must also hold the interest pleasantly within the picture. We must not put something down which says "Stop!" and then treat the subject in such a barbarous manner that the eye wanders dissatisfied out of the picture. We must, like the writer of the book, give something more than a first attraction. Take as an example the simplest instance, that of a sheet of paper containing an upright line.

If we have one sharp line in the centre and no more, the space appears empty on either side, but add a few natural lines and the space is pleasantly broken.