As you draw, use the negative spaces to check the proportion ... Think of the spaces like jigsaw puzzle pieces: they should fit with the positive space to make the final, resolved image.

Pose your hand, or ask your model to hold a position, and start your drawing off with a loose, light, intuitive sketch in HB pencil. Simply look and draw what you see in less than a minute, keeping ...

In Blackbird in Snow, the bird and branches take up positive space in the top half of the frame. The bottom half of the composition is almost entirely negative space. This creates a sense of ...

In architecture, the structure of buildings takes up positive space and creates negative spaces that people ... of the walls and ceiling seem to draw the surfaces in and down.