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"Landscape Composition Rules"
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Author: Johannes_Vloothuis, Contributing Editor

19. Avoid straight lines unless they are quite short. Disguise them or modify them to curvatures.
Fig. 32. Most of the straight lines have been concealed with flowers. Observe the curved stone wall.
Fig. 33. The tiled roof houses are curved. This is very common on American barns. After all, wooden beams sag over time.
20. Do not show geometrical forms such as, squares, rectangles (doors, windows) triangles, (pine trees) ovals, or circles. (Trees, clouds) Even when these appear in nature. For example, if you include a window, break up the form with an overlapping tree branch or a flowerpot.
Fig. 34. Incorrect. The shadow at the bottom is in a triangular shape.
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