Negative Space Reflection - Andrew Semisch

Negative space is a term used to describe the places in a painting, photo, or other types of visual art where there is not the main focus or subject of the piece of art.

In the original photo that I had to replicate with my cut-out there was not necessarily one part of the photo that was negative and one part that was positive space. To find negative space what I did was replicate the right half of the photo and then find the negative space of that half.

While basing a painting or photo on the idea of negative space might not be for every artist, acknowledging negative space lets artists create pieces that take advantage of the entire frame and have more depth.

I think that when viewing art, seeing in negative space is beneficial for the same reasons as my answer to the previous question. You get more out of the piece and see more with what you're presented.