Space art element

Positive Negative Space Study - RISD Pre-CollegeMaterials: graphite, fine line marker, inkStudents visit the Nature Lab, or any outdoor natural area to observe a collection of plants. these plants are gathered together to create a composition and then…

This was a wonderful drawing lesson my second practicum student taught to a mixed class of Grade 7-9 students last month. It was well received among students and yielded a high success rate! I believe she found the inspo for the project HERE (via Pinterest). After her demonstration and explanation of positive and negative space, students looked up an image of a houseplant (some chose flowers) online. They drew a contour line drawing (no shading) of this on 8 x 11" cardstock. Once drawn, they…

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Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QaGj0xvwWKM Space means the area in and around an object. Space can...

Element of Art - Space

Space is one of the seven Elements of Art. Space is the area around, above, and within an object. But the feeling of space in a painting or drawing is always an illusion. Painters have been creating the illusion of space for a very long time. Leonardo Da Vinci recorded these devices to show the illusion of space during the Italian Renaissance. There are six easy ways to make our three-dimensional drawings and give the illusion of depth and space (by Miriam Paternoster, Arte a scuola) 1…

Space! One of the seven great elements of art. Think of a blank piece of paper. You have this empty space that you need to fill. Where do you begin? The position of your vanishing point, the overlapping, size and color of your objects are all related to space. But! Before we go on, we ... Read more

The element of space is a pretty special one. It's the secret ingredient that makes art go from outlines to realistic. Here are some ways to create depth.