Negative Space Drawing.

​A. Negative space is a space around a subject of an image. The Negative space does not occupied the area of the image. This part of the drawing is usually neglected, or filled with scribbles. Negative space involves with concentrating on shading in the background and leaving the object white.

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In the cutouts, the negative space changes around on the paper. [Black] is the negative space. [White] is the object of the drawing. From the first drawing, you can already tell it's a normal drawing picture. There isn't a negative space that's being added onto the drawing.
The second and third drawings shows negative space. The backgrounds are shaded in while the objects are not shaded in...it's just white. 

C. It helps an artist to see the balance between light and dark and how objects are put together.

D. Yes, it does enhance the drawings because you can see an object as what it is but when you try and draw the object in front of you, you need to look at the space around the object and focus more on individual lines and segments of it instead of the whole thing.

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