Drawing negative space

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In art, negative space is the space around and between the subject of the image. The positive space is the subject or object of the image.

Create a drawing of the space around an object..... This is a Right Brain activity, and helps you learn to organize your artwork.. Here is the handout and several samples of negative space drawings...

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This was a wonderful drawing lesson my second practicum student taught to a mixed class of Grade 7-9 students last month. It was well received among students and yielded a high success rate! I believe she found the inspo for the project HERE (via Pinterest). After her demonstration and explanation of positive and negative space, students looked up an image of a houseplant (some chose flowers) online. They drew a contour line drawing (no shading) of this on 8 x 11" cardstock. Once drawn, they…

Ken Goshen on Instagram: "How to use negative spaces in painting and drawing? This is such an important theme. I find myself reflecting on it every time I paint, because it’s not just functional, it’s philosophical. Who’s to say what’s a “positive” and what’s a “negative” space? In my view, the greatest painters of our time are the ones playing with subversions of this dichotomy."