other. i balance this out with the use of color/tone, or composition, or both. forgive me if i use my tea set again, but it is a good example of weight balanced by the use of color/tone. the subject/mass itself is heavier on the left, but the use of lighter colors/tones on the right adds weight to the right.
in this painting, i used composition/placement not color/tone, to balance the weight. the shells on the right are very heavy compared to the one smaller shell on the left, but i have placed the shell on the left farther from the center of the painting to create more balance so that the 