Negative Space Drawings - · PDF file Positive Space: is the subject matter. Negative Space: is everything else—empty. Traditional Drawings-Draw the objects or the POSITIVE SPACE

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So we assign art terms: Positive Space: is the subject matter.

Negative Space: is everything else—empty.

Traditional Drawings-

Draw the objects or the POSITIVE

SPACE

Negative Space The area around the object.

In a negative space drawing

you draw the background space

or the area around the object.

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P A

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P O

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P A

C E

What kind of space is this

You are drawing the black

SHAPES

NO lines in the

positive areas.

Negative

Positive