The
negative areas
In the next preliminary exercise
we are going to paint the gaps, the negative areas.
We are not trying to paint
the objects themselves, but the spaces around them. This is another
very useful exercise to help you learn how to fit everything in
correctly.
You have to stop looking
at the objects and concentrate on capturing the spaces that there
are around the objects. This way, the objects “will draw
themselves”.
To begin with, take some
objects and place them in such a way that the composition looks
interesting. Nearer, further, with diagonal lines.
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As
this exercise is not about painting the objects, we will not try
and apply colour in a realistic way.
To concentrate on the exercise of drawing, we will use a range of
only 3 colours:
A dark shade, a medium tone and white.
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