How compositions from geometric figures are composed

Very often in the world of artists there are paintings, largely different from oil and pastel paintings. They are more like drawings, patterns, sketches and completely incomprehensible to the simple spectator. Now we'll talk about compositions from geometric figures, discuss what they are like, what burden they carry and why they occupy such an honorable place in the art of drawing and painting.

Simple compositions

Every brush master who started his way from the art school will tell you that the exact lines, geometric figures and their combinations are the first things taught there. So our vision and brain are arranged, that if initially to learn how to harmoniously combine simple forms, then it will be easier to draw complex pictures in the future. Compositions from geometric figures allow us to feel the balance of the picture, visually determine its center, calculate the fall of light, determine the properties of its components.

It is worth noting that, despite the clarity and directness of such images, they are drawn exclusively by hand, without rulers and other auxiliary items. The parameters of the figures are measured using proportions that can be located in a two-dimensional dimension (a flat picture), but can go into perspective, into a single point of descent of all lines.

Beginning artists draw compositions from geometric figures in two dimensions. For such paintings one of the parties is chosen - a plan or a facade. In the first case, all the figures are represented in a "view from above," then the cone and cylinder become a circle, the prism acquires the shape of its base. If the figures are depicted in the facade, one of their sides is shown, most often the front one. In the picture we see triangles, squares, parallelograms, and so on.

Three-dimensional paintings

In order to develop abstract thinking and a sense of perspective, artists learn to depict compositions from geometric figures of volume that go into perspective. This image is considered three-dimensional, and in order to transfer it to paper, you need to clearly imagine everything. Such drawing techniques are relevant in construction and architectural universities, they are used as exercises. However, students often from these "picturesque etudes" make real works of art, drawing incredible tie-ins of figures, dissecting compositions with planes and half-planes, depicting pictures in a section.

In general, we can say that clarity, linearity are the basic properties that any composition of geometric figures possesses. The drawing at the same time can be static or dynamic - it depends on the type of figures being displayed and on their location. If the picture is mainly cones, trihedral prisms, balls, then it is like "flying" - it is unambiguous dynamics. Cylinders, squares, tetrahedral prisms refer to statics.

Examples in painting

Geometric forms have found their place in painting, along with romanticism and other directions. A vivid example of this is the artist Juan Gris and his most famous painting "A Man in a Cafe", which, like a mosaic, consists of triangles, squares and circles. Another abstract composition of geometric figures - canvas "Pierrot", artist B. Kubisht. Bright, clear and very peculiar picture.