VocabularyPositive space

Negative space

Overlap

In front

Behind

Foreshortening

perspective

Value

Light source

Highlights

Shadows

Foreground

Middle ground

Background

What is it?

Space is all around you!

Space is Area.

The Space around the world

is called Outer Space!

space - An element of art that refers to the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things. It can be described as two-dimensional or three-dimensional; as flat, as positive or negative

Positive space refers to the object

Negative space is the area around the object

positivo y negativo

Example:

The blue boxesare the positive space

The black space is the negative space

Example:

The cat is thepositive space

The black area is the ___________

Example:

The red boxesare the _________

The blue space is the ___________

Create your own Example

• Use 2 pieces of colored paper to create an example of positive and negative space.

• Draw a shape on a piece of paper. Be creative! Try something interesting!

• Cut out a shape and save both pieces of paper. • Glue the shape to a new piece of paper• Glue the remaining paper to a new piece of

paper• And label positive and negative space

foreground - is the space closest to the viewer, usually the bottom of the artwork

middle ground - is the space between the background and foreground, usually in the middle of the artwork

Background is the space farthest from the viewer, usually the top of the artwork

Background is the space farthest away, at the top

middle ground - is the space between the background and foreground

foreground - is the space closest, at the bottom of the artwork

Background

middle ground

foreground

Background is the space farthest away

middle ground - is the space between the back and the front

foreground - is the space closest

Background

middle ground

foreground

What if the object was in the sky?

How do artists show space?

Overlap / In front / Behind

Size of objects

Value / shading

Light source

Highlights/detail

Shadows/detail

Foreground

Middle ground

Background

How do artists show space?

Overlap / In front / Behind

Size of objects

Value / shading

Light source

Highlights/detail

Shadows/detail

Foreground

Middle ground

Background

How do artists show space?

Overlap / In front / Behind

Size of objects

Value / shading

Light source

Highlights/detail

Shadows/detail

Foreground

Middle ground

Background

How do artists show space?

Overlap / In front / Behind

Size of objects

Value / shading

Light source

Highlights/detail

Shadows/detail

Foreground

Middle ground

Background

Create a masterpiece!

Draw a picture using all of the ways artists show space!

Overlap In front / BehindSize of objects Horizon lineValue / shading Light sourceHighlights/detail Shadows/detailForeground Middle groundBackground Size of objects

Design Assignment

• Make a sketch of your favorite activity in your journal. This will be a study for your drawing.

• Examples are: playing soccer, cooking, going to the park, receiving gifts, visiting a family member, etc.

• The drawing must show “space”, value, foreground, background, middle ground, overlapping, light source, texture, etc.

6th grade assignment

Using these exercises:• Contour hand sketches• Value scale• Invented and frottage texture• Positive and Negative exampleYou will create a masterpiece called “Give Me

A Hand” Chose the best composition of hands and

recreate it on a new piece of paper. Add texture to the shapes on the hands and

values to the shapes in the background.

Example of “Give me a hand”

• By Kay Dixon