As you draw, use the negative spaces to check the proportion ... Think of the spaces like jigsaw puzzle pieces: they should fit with the positive space to make the final, resolved image.

As you draw, use the negative spaces to check the proportion ... Think of the spaces like jigsaw puzzle pieces: they should fit with the positive space to make the final, resolved image.

In Blackbird in Snow, the bird and branches take up positive space in the top half of the frame. The bottom half of the composition is almost entirely negative space. This creates a sense of ...

In architecture, the structure of buildings takes up positive space and creates negative spaces that people ... of the walls and ceiling seem to draw the surfaces in and down.