Negative and Positive Spaces:
Negative Space in art is the space around and between the subject. Negative Space is the background.
Positive Space in art refers to the main focus of a picture.
To understand the concept of a negative space we need to copy the outline of some objects
This exercise was not easy to do. Below is a screen shot of the tutors work, I am still trying to do it 😂. Sorry the photo is faint.
The next exercise would focus on the negative space, do some shading flip the drawing to see the result. I almost managed that but again I have shown you the tutors magical work.
The shaded and flipped over work
To honest I am finding these exercises quiet boring and tedious. I am looking forward to actually drawing a picture. I guess we all need to crawl before we can walk….lots of practice request. Progress not perfection.
Ally's Notebook 
I am also impatient and want to get to the next step. I do think this is quite interesting and useful though.
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I agree with you, it is useful and I do understand the idea of it. I will stick with it and it only costs me about $29 a month.
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Learning anything can be tedious, but having the knowledge will be helpful in future. I’ve been watching something called ‘painting with Bob Ross’ May not be the actual title. Series by American artist in the 80’s? He does landscapes very quickly. I hate his style but it’s interesting to watch how he builds up layers. I tried painting a tiny canvas as I watched yesterday… Nightmare! Lol
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The Joys of Painting with Bob Ross. I have watched him a few times, he has got some strange ideas but paints some amazing scenes. I haven’t tried painting along while watching. I have painted along while watching the Irish man Frank Clarke (he passed away a few years ago).
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Hadn’t heard of him till recently. Yes very formulaic, but fun too.
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Might look up Frank Clarke. When I was a kid used to watch a lady called Nancy Kominski I think.
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Hang in there Ally. Thanks for sharing the progression of these online lessons.
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I will hang in there. Last night I watched a 2 hour live portrait drawing program on the TV. It mentioned many of the concepts that I have been learning, it made sense to me 👍🙂
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