Project 1: Negative Space Pattern Study
This drawing was the result of an exercise to learn about negative space. For the drawing I traced around some tools that the instructor had in class and then filled in the resulting shapes or 'negative space' with patterns that I'd found on objects around me.

Course/Instructor/Date
Krista Walsh/Foundation Drawing/Fall 2000

Dimensions
18" x 24"

Materials
Graphite pencil on white drawing paper.

Project 2: Stained Glass Negative Space Study
This piece was the result of an assignment to study negative space. I started off by drawing the negative space from a still life of plants, then cutting out the shapes made by the negative space, and then coloring and repositioning the shapes in the proper places on another page. I decided to then use the leftover positive space paper from the cutouts as a frame to create a stained glass piece by replacing the white negative spaces with different colored tissue paper. I created the stained glass look by using fabric paint on the leftover positive space paper that the colored tissue paper was glued onto.

Course/Instructor/Date
Doug Westendorp/Drawing II/Spring 2001

Dimensions
18" x 24"

Materials
Tissue paper, black fabric paint and glue.