Negative space painting

Ken Goshen on Instagram: "How to use negative spaces in painting and drawing? This is such an important theme. I find myself reflecting on it every time I paint, because it’s not just functional, it’s philosophical. Who’s to say what’s a “positive” and what’s a “negative” space? In my view, the greatest painters of our time are the ones playing with subversions of this dichotomy."

Creative community on Instagram: “🔴🟡Today artist @amyduryart has a great exercise for you to really turn things around. See how looking through and around objects can help…”

In this project, we'll be painting the negative shapes, instead of the trees themselves. With each step, you'll see the trees emerge, further and further back in space. This is a great way to get a feeling of depth in your landscapes. To download a PDF of this tutorial, for $6, click here. __________________________________________ The first step is to choose three colors (a triad). I chose quinacridone gold, quinacridone rose, and cobalt turquoise, but you could use any yellow, red, and…

Negative painting is a technique where you paint around the subject rather than on the subject. It's a technique that can add depth and dimension to your paintings. Negative painting challenges us to shift our perspective and concentrate on the surrounding negative space rather than the subject itse

Rumaisa Ahmed Butt on Instagram: "Painting this was honestly an insane experience “Negative space” 2x3 This is one of the most time consuming painting I’ve ever done because filling in 1750 boxes is not a joke tbh Inspired by @cera_micaaa #art#illusion#painting#reels#fyp"

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Note- this exercise is severely out of sequence in the assignment; despite being a trained horticulturalist my ability to kill pot plants is legendary, so having found the perfect specimen I really needed to seize the moment. On another note, my main camera has died and the photos here are taken on my back-up compact camera, apologies for the inferior quality. Amid the instructions for this exercise was this rider: "you may need to add enough lines to make the image readable to the viewer"…

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