Negative Space

Negative space in art is the are around the object in the picture. It is what is around the object in the picture that forms an image in itself. Finding negative space in my still life drawings was easy. I found the easiest way to do it is to make a slight outline of the major object of the picture and then add details by shading around it forming the negative space for the still life. Finding negative space for my cut out was way more difficult. It became very confusing at points to recognize the negative space from the actual object but once you seen it a certain way then you just caught on and then it was pretty simple. I think finding negative space helps an artist because it creates another image and shows something more that you can't see when looking from a positive space perspective. This also enhances drawings because it gives detail or a totally separate image to the original. 





Example: Positive space (in black) you see a vase, but negative space (in white) you can see the profile of two faces.