from pylab import *
import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec

G = gridspec.GridSpec(3, 3)

axes_1 = subplot(G[0, :])
xticks([]), yticks([])
text(0.5,0.5, 'Axes 1',ha='center',va='center',size=24,alpha=.5)

axes_2 = subplot(G[1,:-1])
xticks([]), yticks([])
text(0.5,0.5, 'Axes 2',ha='center',va='center',size=24,alpha=.5)

axes_3 = subplot(G[1:, -1])
xticks([]), yticks([])
text(0.5,0.5, 'Axes 3',ha='center',va='center',size=24,alpha=.5)

axes_4 = subplot(G[-1,0])
xticks([]), yticks([])
text(0.5,0.5, 'Axes 4',ha='center',va='center',size=24,alpha=.5)

axes_5 = subplot(G[-1,-2])
xticks([]), yticks([])
text(0.5,0.5, 'Axes 5',ha='center',va='center',size=24,alpha=.5)

#plt.savefig('../figures/gridspec.png', dpi=64)
show()