The giant ovoid heads have toothy grins, but they have no eyes.
But I wasn't primarily interested in the forms of the monsters when I did this little on-site painting. (Watch the YouTube video)
It's mainly a study of light and shade, of warm-cool color contrasts, and of mise-en-scène. That last concept is a crucial element of composition. It comes from the world of theater and film, and means literally 'putting on a stage.'
In practice, the mise-en-scène includes many aspects of picture-making, such as how props are placed, what's in the foreground, how the scene is lit, and in film, how elements move throughout the shot from the point of view of the observer.
Workshops like this one are an ideal place to find interesting examples of mise-en-scène because of the elements are placed without aesthetic intention.
Here's a video that explores the topic from the point of view of film. (Link to video)
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