Red Balloon

The Red Balloon picture is one which keeps in mind perfect geometric figures. All around you find rectangles, rounded figures, and other straight lines. All of these are present at the lower edges of the painting, almost forming a sort of triangle facing down. Then there is the red balloon in the center of the painting. When you make that sort of triangle it becomes a sort of arrow, but since in this case there is no point where the 2 lines meet to make a point in the triangle, the focus automatically moves up to what is in the middle of it, which is the red balloon. Also at the top edges the line in one side is guided directly towards the balloon and at the other side is a rounded figure that ends in a sort of step going under the balloon, which sort of delineates the importance of what’s above it. Whenever there is a figure formed, whether it's a triangle or a rectangle, it is colored in a brighter color from the rest of the painting to make it stand out. And there is a small detail about the balloon that makes it even more special, which is that around the balloon there is a sort of glow that different from the rest of the space around it, without there even being a geometric delineation to consider it another figure.

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And since the background is blue and the glow that the reddish balloon gives off is yellow, it becomes extremely similar to the sun, as if the balloon was what was brightening the place. The line coming down from the balloon is the same line that is continued a bit lower with the triangle and rectangle that are there present, which gives it a parallel effect since that line is almost parallel with another one towards the left of the painting. By using a series of geometric figures, the painter in this case is capable of giving and showing the importance and highlights the picture contains.