On Harmony in Composition

The article considers the multifaceted problem of forming harmonic perception in novice artists in the process of teaching professional disciplines. The following aesthetic categories of harmony such as beauty, beautiful, elegant, unity, rhythm are analysed. It is emphasised that the formation of harmonious perception must begin with the development of the integrity of the perception of natural phenomena, as well as the holistic perception of the depicted objects on the pictorial plane, which allows us to identify the most informative, figurative, emotional, semantic manifestations and form an image suitable for material embodiment in a specific composition.