Negative Space

​A. Negative space is the area of the sketch or drawing that is not the thing that is being drawn. It makes up the background.

B. To find the negative space in my two projects I saw where there were no object. For the second project I used the background to figure out where the negative space was. In the stool project I used the space where there were not any stools to find the negative space.

C. It helps the artist recognize the shadow and understand the shape of the object. It makes the artist comprehend the depth of the object.

D. Negative space allows the artist to have the right amount of gap in between each object.