Negative space is the space around an object that wouldn't normally be drawn. For example, if you look at a glass you can draw the shape of that glass by coloring in the space around it. In the drawings below, I drew stools using negative space by coloring in the space that I felt would help shape the stools and then I outlined the stools. In my cut-out art I had to cut out the negative and positive space of the bat.
 I believe it helps an artist to see in negative space because it makes the drawing more precise and the shapes are bolder because it looks more accurate. While in a regular drawing, you are just looking at in your perspective and drawing the shapes that you believe are there. I believe that seeing drawings in negative space brings out the art more because I can see the shapes better and it actually looks like what the Artist was drawing.

​A negative space drawing is when you color in everything except the background. You outline the drawing but then instead of coloring in the object, you color the outside.

In my cutout I found negative space by looking at the darker spots. In my drawing however I outlined the object then shaded around it.

It helps an artist to see negative space because it makes it clear what they should draw.

Seeing in negative space helps to give an art work a background. It helps make the drawing more 3-D.

         This quarter in art class has been all about perspective. We did small practice drawings to get us started, and then we moved onto our project. The project was a drawing of one of the walls in art class in detail.

            The first drawing that we practiced with is the box drawing. Following the rules of perspective, we drew squares and turned them into three dimensional cubes around the picture, showing the tops of those below the horizon line, the bottoms of those that are below it, the left of those to the right of the line and the right of those on the left.
            Then we drew our names in boxes to give them the right structure and drew lines to the vanishing point show the three dimensions.
            I drew the long wall in the back of the classroom. The one facing west, I think. I started by marking the vanishing point in the center of the page and drawing a box around it, whose dimensions were based on the number of ceiling tiles there were along the wall. Then, I drew the pillar in the corner by coming out onto the sidewall a bit and following the guidelines of the ceiling and letting it come back to the wall.  The tables were a bit tricky at first, especially the underneath.

            I think the hardest part of my drawing was making sure my lines were completely straight. I wanted to go by the edges of the paper to make it easier, but the paper was not edged straight so I couldn’t.

            The artwork that represented this project well was Alisha's drawing. She included clear detail and she showed perspective correctly. She even included what she could see outside the window.

Jalisa Smith Green Stream​

This project was to draw the entire art room from a one-point perspective. We started by drawing an X. The X covers the entire paper traveling from the top left corner to the bottom right, and the top right to the bottom left. Drawing this X helped us find the center of the paper which would later become the vanishing point.The vanishing point is the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge. The X's "legs" are orthogonal as they form right angles with each other. We then drew a horizontal line traveling from the left side of the paper to the right in a straight line passing through the vanishing point. This forms the "worms view" on the bottom side of the horizontal, and the "bird's view" on the top of the horizontal. This was hard to learn at first because each line had to be perfect and parallel to others. It was easy to learn how to make the ceiling. All we had to do was to make rows of boxes that get smaller and smaller. 

I think that Alisha's project followed the rules and requirements very well.
She was able to color and complete the project. This shows that she was extremely diligent with her work, and was one of the best. She was also able to draw just about everything in the room well. She showed the relationship of the room with the vanishing point. The horizontal line defiantly showed the two different views very well. This is why I think she followed this project, and completed it well.  Green perspective Hull Schwartz

This unit, we learned about one point perspective.  We watched a video telling us how to do it. Our class then did a practice drawing of a room. First, we drew the vanishing point. We learned about orthogonal lines. They are lines that eventually create an x. when they met at the vanishing point; it looked like the back of the wall. After that, we drew the door, the window and traced out the room.

Ms. Hull then gave us a project once we got the idea of the drawing. The assignment was to pick a wall in the room and draw it. Including all the details on and near that wall. She gave us a huge piece of paper and a ruler. It was easy to learn how to connect the lines to the vanishing point. I did find it hard to make everything 3D.  There is a lot of math involved with it, and the drawing took a while. 

I think Alisha did her drawing well. 

She did very good detailed work. I like all the colors and designs she put into it. 

In the beginning of the third quarter, we were told to have a sketchbook and our first assignment was to draw a horizontal line. We had to choose one point on the line, which was called the vanishing point. We had to draw 3D boxes that attached to the vanishing point at all times. We had to draw 3 boxes, one along the horizon line, one above, and one below. Our second assignment was to draw our names. We had to use all of the tools we learned from the previous class, and draw our name in bubble letters.

         For our third assignment, we had to draw a room. We watched many demonstrations for learning how to make things seem realistic on just a flat piece of paper. This prepared us for our final assignment of the quarter. We were handed a large piece of paper. We had to choose a wall in the classroom, and draw it. But everything had to come off of our horizon line.

         I first drew a sketch of the ceiling and the floor by counting the tiles there were in real life. Then I started on the windows and the pillars. Then, I worked on the details underneath the windows and walls.

         I think that the entire concept of orthogonal lines, and vertical and horizontal lines were very easy to me, even though I have never worked with perspective drawing before.

         The hard thing was making the pillars look 3D and the entire paper look like the real life wall. Overall, it was a good project, and I really enjoyed having it this quarter. 

Alisha's Drawing.