How did it happen that all of our drawings and paintings are in rectangles?
In my online figure drawing class last Sunday, I showed drawings by Matisse, Modigliani, and the very Matisse-like Pierre Boncompain. I talked about positioning the figure within the rectangle, thinking about how the shape of the figure and the shape of the spaces around the figure interact with the shape of the compositional rectangle.
Matisse
Modigliani
Color pencil figure drawing by Pierre Boncompain
Looking at the drawings by Pierre Boncompain led me to his ceramics, and I remembered something my painting teacher Ed Bereal asked: What if the shape you’re painting on isn’t a rectangle, and what if the surface isn’t flat?
In Fran O’Neill’s recent online drawing class, she had us draw quick thumbnail sketches in a variety of rectangular, triangular and circular compositions. In most cases, the sketches drawn in triangles and circles were the most interesting… and then once released we all went back to drawing in rectangles, because a habit is a habit. Darnit!
With that in mind, here are some figure drawings on ceramics by Pierre Boncompain (born May 17, 1938, in Provence, France).
Pierre Boncompain: figures on ceramic vessels
It could be said that some of these are decorations for the pot. Were the drawings above decorations for the paper?
Matisse observing a vase by Picasso. Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson
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I said all work for the Big League show must be ready to hang, and here I am, bringing in my drawing on paper, no frame. No problem. I’ll use binder clips or magnets to get it on the wall. If you have a study on paper and no frame, no problem. Bring it in …
Figures on Vessels: Pierre Boncompain
How did it happen that all of our drawings and paintings are in rectangles?
In my online figure drawing class last Sunday, I showed drawings by Matisse, Modigliani, and the very Matisse-like Pierre Boncompain. I talked about positioning the figure within the rectangle, thinking about how the shape of the figure and the shape of the spaces around the figure interact with the shape of the compositional rectangle.
Looking at the drawings by Pierre Boncompain led me to his ceramics, and I remembered something my painting teacher Ed Bereal asked: What if the shape you’re painting on isn’t a rectangle, and what if the surface isn’t flat?
In Fran O’Neill’s recent online drawing class, she had us draw quick thumbnail sketches in a variety of rectangular, triangular and circular compositions. In most cases, the sketches drawn in triangles and circles were the most interesting… and then once released we all went back to drawing in rectangles, because a habit is a habit. Darnit!
With that in mind, here are some figure drawings on ceramics by Pierre Boncompain (born May 17, 1938, in Provence, France).
Pierre Boncompain: figures on ceramic vessels
It could be said that some of these are decorations for the pot. Were the drawings above decorations for the paper?
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