Salon du Dessin

 

Yesterday the SALON DE DESSIN opened.Spring 🌸 has arrived.

Always held at the beautiful Palais Brongniart, Place de la Bourse.

Beaucoup drawing ✍️ shows are on this weekend, like DRAWING NOW. 

Why are drawings so important & so sought after? 

They are a look inside the artist’s head.

Plus they look handsome on most walls, with their warm, neutral tones and antique frames.

Traditionally 19th century artists like PISSARRO, did not put paint 🎨 to canvas directly

Before making many studies, études, esquisses, sketches, doodles first.

I made these studies of vegetables 🥕 Layered like that they look pas mal, especially if in a nice frame 🖼️ 

A grouping of arm studies can become poetry, in a way the finished painting never could. More contemplative 🤔 

Tiny drawings were a big thing at this show.

 Under 3” ink drawing by Henri-Joseph Harpignies. 

A small, witty sketch of a boy’s head in a big frame.  

A rare sketch from J.J.Grandville in its original mat (6 grand).

I don’t remember any original sketches at the Grandville exhibit at musée Balzac.- Only finished prints and lithographs. 

There is something intimate and satisfying about an artist’s rough, unpolished sketches. 

The Japanese call it ‘Wabi Sabi’.  The pleasure in imperfection.

A visit to Salon du Dessin is a step into quiet contemplation.

Afterwards - noodle thérapie at Sapporo on nearby rue Saint-Anne & I headed home to draw ✍️