Intro
Hello again. This week’s exercise acquaints you with a technique commonly used in drawing whereby the spaces between the forms that comprise the subject known as the negative shapes are considered to be significant compositional elements. In association with the tutorial work this week it is important that you read the preamble in Chapter 7 of the Edwards text, pages 112-126. In this early part of the chapter entitled “Perceiving Spaces.” Edwards not only explains what is important about negative space but gives some excellent preparatory advice on estimating how to fit a proposed composition onto a page, in other words, the best way to begin a drawing using a technique she calls finding the “Basic Unit”.