7. Negative space drawing, 8 min >>
•Virtually all successful representational (and
much abstract) artwork has strong "negative
spaces."
•Draw the designated chair at the front of the
room (or side) using only "negative space"
•Negative space is the space that IS NOT the chair.
–Why draw negative space? While your brain knows a lot about chairs, it doesn't know much about randomly shaped blobs of space between chairs. Drawing that space, which conveniently defines the chair, prevents your knowledge of chairs from interfering with your reporting of this particular chair and the view you have of it.
•If the negative space is drawn carefully, the chair should pop into being. Although lacking in any internal detail or shading it will look like the chair you are viewing/drawing.
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