When we first started working on our negative space drawings, I wasn’t quite sure what I was supposed to look at. I found myself drawing an outline of the object, rather than drawing the shapes the negative space creates.
Drawing of Three Interesting Objects: for this drawing we were instructed to create a composition out of the objects that we brought in, we weren’t told how we will be drawing them. I wanted to arrange the objects in an interconnected manner, but I later found that this didn’t aid in creating interesting negative space shapes. I wasn’t paying much attention to the negative space but rather I wanted to draw in a proportionally correct manner.
Drawing of Two Stools: this was the first drawing were we were instructed to focus on drawing the negative space. I positioned myself in a manner where the intersections between the two stools is most visible to me. I found it quite difficult to focus on the negative space as my eye wasn’t used to it (it even caused me a headache!). It wasn’t the most successful drawing as I was still -accidentally- drawing the foreground.
Drawing of Plant: this was my most successful take on drawing negative space. I genuinely enjoyed this drawing as the shape of the plant allowed me to more easily see the negative space. I also found that I naturally got closer to the plant, and enlarged it in my drawing. It seemed I gained comfort and was able to see better with the enlarged scale.
Drawing of Plant and Structure: for this drawing we were instructed to create a view finder, I really enjoyed this technique because it was less stressful on my eyes. I positioned myself and my view finder in a way were the scale was enlarged, because I found comfort in that when I did the previous drawing. This also helped because I no longer saw the object as a whole, just the shapes the object makes. The technique for this drawing was of great help, and it lead me to be more in control of what my eye sees.
