Visual arrangement

Correct answer: A. Simplify surrounding strokes and retain selected clarity on the main subject

Explanation: The governing compositional concept is visual hierarchy: contrast and detail should guide the eye toward the focal subject. Simplifying the surrounding brush texture reduces competition, while selected clarity on the subject preserves emphasis. Option A is correct. Blurring the subject weakens the focal point, equal texture removes hierarchy, and black lines across the painting create more distraction rather than resolving it.

Correct answer: B. Maintain some shared directions, colour relationships, or repeated stroke qualities across areas

Explanation: The governing compositional concept is unity through repetition and relationships. Different techniques can coexist when they share selected qualities such as stroke direction, colour harmony, rhythm, or mark size. Option B creates links without destroying variety. Adding unrelated techniques increases fragmentation, one flat colour removes useful variety, and changing the size alone does not establish a visual relationship among the marks.