Composition

Mar 2026
drawing-club

Summary:

We talked about composition of images, and analyzed how our eye moves around various pictures of paintings or mathematical images (See worksheet). Then, we did some artistic dissection. What images can you compose by cutting up and rearranging the pieces of a square?

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Composition

Part of Drawing Club at the IHP trimester in illustrating mathematics.

Here’s a collection of compositions people made:

on the right, a circle rearranged to become a square. on the left, a square rearranged to become a circle
Swapped aspects - Samuel

Left: A square rearranged to suggest a circle
Right: A circle rearranged to suggest a square

pieces of a circle rearranged in two ways
Circle - Vladimir

A circle, rearranged, can be made rigid or flexible

pieces of a square rearranged into a bird
Square - Sabetta
Several math objects arranged on the table
Still life - Summer
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