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Salon du Dessin
Yesterday, thanks to ADHD I ended up at the wrong venue for Eternal Mucha. Never mind. A bowl of soupe d’oignon & start over. The annual drawing exhibition starts off on the first day of Spring and a week of drawing shows in Paris. The fresh floral bouquets 💐 are always a treat in the 39 gallery stands at the Salon. But we are here for immersion in drawings ✏️ A group of wonderfully casual Bonnard sketches. The range of old master drawings (…a Steinlen slipped in there…) There were many happy people last night
Attending the vernissage. Clearly Parisians love ❤️ drawings 🖼 There is a long French tradition of collecting and admiring works on paper at the Salon. Of Parisians at exhibitions. A window view by Vuillard, something you might see everyday yet never notice its intrinsic beauty. That’s what drawings are about. Looking again at this sunny Bonnard…maybe a preparatory sketch for a larger oil painting…maybe a fresh doodle done while sitting on the grass, surrounded by friends and family with no plans for further development. Doodles often are more revealing and interesting than the finished painting. A- preparatory doodle for the new letter
Those sketches are just wonderful! A.
ReplyDeleteThis drawing exhibition! PB
ReplyDeleteI can see by the large group of people present that this was a popular exhibit. I think doodling itself is art.
ReplyDeleteAnyone can doodle and should. It’s good for you 👍 !
DeleteDoodling for stress relief and improved focusSpontaneous drawings may also relieve psychological distress, making it easier to attend to things. We like to make sense of our lives by making up coherent stories, but sometimes there are gaps that cannot be filled, no matter how hard we try. Doodles fill these gaps, possibly by activating the brain’s “time travel machine,” allowing it to find lost puzzle pieces of memories, bringing them to the present, and making the picture of our lives more whole again. With this greater sense of self and meaning, we may be able to feel more relaxed and concentrate more.
Deletehttps://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-thinking-benefits-of-doodling-2016121510844
A bowl of onion soup cures all ills! Love the sketches.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly helps when you end up on the wrong side of town 👍
DeleteBeautiful. I so enjoyed this post. The Morandi drawings and the Sergeant milk among my favorites. Thank you! Pam
ReplyDeleteSo unexpected..Sargent was just like us 😊 🥛
DeleteWe went to a Mucha show at Musée du Luxembourg, which was very impressive, then every time we were on the bus we would pass Café Mucha on Blvd St Germain. It seemed like a sign. 😆 Dorrance
ReplyDeleteThis Mucha show was one of those immersive things with videos and music only - no actual artworks 🖼
DeleteThat John Singer Sargent! ❤️❤️ Chelmsley
ReplyDeleteWonderful. Thanks as always Carol P.
ReplyDeleteI love the Daumier sketch. Maybe I need to start doodling.
ReplyDeleteYoutube has many how-to doodle videos, along with The Harvard Health letter. And TEDX lectures One doodle lecture has 36 million!
DeleteWhere did those drawings come from? Jane G.
ReplyDeleteThe 39 galleries were from all over Europe,UK & US it was fun to hear Italian spoken. The list is on the Salon website. Link above
DeleteThere are always so many things going on in Paris - and your newsletter is the guide! Gabby
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful offering!! Especially appreciated by me who likes to draw. Thank you, Carol!!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a drawer’s dream ✏️
DeleteWhat a great exhibition, doodles are very interesting and I do love simple pictures of the ordinary like the milk bottle and glass. I’m also a fan of onion soup and those bouquets of flowers!
ReplyDeleteI don’t doodle but after reading the info you posted maybe I should start! I do have a large collection of nice but empty notebooks….
Please give it a try Kirra 👍✏️ You will be surprised that you CAN draw and enjoy it 🤸🏾♀️
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