LCR,
Igor Guriev,
Painting in any case, in my opinion, should not be humorous. We need humor Draw caricature.
The pain is better to pass with a good script through film, instead of painting.
The audience reacts in a picture not only on prisudstvie humor and pain, but also to many others.
Semiradsky-genius, Makovsky, no.
He smiled at what you claim to people versed in the art.
U_Z,
picture, and still manage to get the correct color is not no
gives a complete picture of the painting.
Probably best to write and think, what I did, I agree. But did as I could.
Tjutchev,
aphorisms. I read fun!
Natasha,
I'm from the critics do not want to hang yourself ...

The wolf knows whom to eat, he eats and listens to no one

If the answer is quite easy, it is important for me in the picture of beauty.
What would be a terrible tragedy in the picture depicted the picture should be beautiful. And the beauty of the picture gives the composition.
Eugene,
Thanks for the parable. Turgenev was all very accurately remarked.