![]() Seeing negative spaces involves learning to see in a new and abstract way. Musicians describe periods of silence within a musical piece as negative space. ![]() Just as important as the object itself, negative space helps to define the boundaries of the positive space and brings balance to a composition. Negative spaces are actual shapes that share edges with the positive shape. Negative space is the space around and between the subject of an image. This concept of being there but not seen, of being a necessary part of the design and yet wholly unappreciated resonates with me and so I dug deeper into the definitions behind the term. At first glance, you probably see a black vase (the positive space/subject of the composition), but if you shift your perspective you'll see that the white on the sides, the negative space, creates not only the sides of the vase, but also two faces that are nose to nose. ![]() Below you'll see a classic example of negative space in art. In case it's been a while since you took Art Appreciation, here's a bit of a review. Seeing this, a term from art class years ago popped into my consciousness: ![]() My eyes shifted and I suddenly noticed the zig-zagged lines snaking in between the diamonds, performing a show of their very own that I had never before recognized. In between the designs stitched into the curtain was another pattern. This particular day, however, I noticed something that I had never noticed before. Knowing this, it may not come as a huge surprise that I was gazing at its beauty as I lathered up one morning. Your concentration should be on “seeing” and drawing the space between objects.It was the first thing I bought when we moved into our new home a few years ago and I love it more than a human should love an inanimate object. In fact, I may have been heard mumbling on a particularly hard day recently that my shower curtain was my favorite family member.which should tell you both some things about my family and my love for this piece of bathroom decor. With drawing nothing but the negative spaces, the positive forms (objects) can be created with great accuracy. You will see how important the negative space is when you are finished. Note: If you use very intense observation skills to draw only the negative spaces of the still life, the drawing will be remarkably accurate. They are often jumbled and overlapped to maximize the number, size, and variety of negative spaces. Your compositions should be arranged to emphasize the negative space. These drawings will be from direct observation of a stack of boxes having mostly geometric negative spaces and from a more traditional still life with a considerable number of more fluid negative spaces (such as space between the slats of a chair, the space between the branches of a house plant, elements that are composed so that they overlap each other forming closed shapes of negative space). Changing your preconception about the space between the objects will help you record more accurately what you are seeing in your drawing. However, you most likely don’t know much about random spaces around the objects. This exercise is to improve your concentration and to breakdown your preconceived notions of the objects you are drawing. Guidelines: After you have explored “Negative Space of 3D Forms” in a previous lesson, the focus of this lesson is more drawing of the negative space only (space between and around objects). Materials: 6B, 4B woodless drawing pencils 2B, 6B 1/2" graphite sticks kneaded eraser eraser stick or pink pearl eraser, 18 x 24 multipurpose drawing paper. However, this time we will charge the space with the values and tones that are seen through the negative space, leaving the positive space (objects) as the white of the paper. Materials for Drawing 2: natural charcoal, art gum eraser, 18 x 24 multipurpose drawing paper.ĭrawing 3: Again we will start by creating a careful drawing of the contours of the negative space. You are erasing all of the negative spaces you see in the still life and only negative spaces. ![]() Materials for Drawing 1: natural charcoal, art gum eraser, 18 x 24 multipurpose drawing paper.ĭrawing 2: Start this drawing by toning or putting a ground on your drawing paper (rubbing charcoal over the entire surface) and using an art gum eraser to “pull” the negative space/out as lighter tones. Drawing Assignment: Create three still-life drawings by drawing only the negative space.ĭrawing 1: Create this drawing by carefully drawing the contours of the negative space/shape and then filling the negative space with a flat value (tone) leaving the positive space (objects) as the white of the paper. ![]()
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