Learning to Draw, Day 10: Negative Space

Today I had to draw a chair, but not in the usual way. Instead of drawing the lines and shapes that make up the chair, I had to draw the negative space instead. I didn’t take a photo or use the plastic pane very much, but drew from looking at the chair and occasionally using the frame to check proportions. This exercise is supposed to help with noticing negative space, framing, picking a guide for scaling, and comparing angles. After I was finished, I erased out the tone from the area between the shapes I drew. In this case, that ended up being the chair.

I don’t think I nailed the proportions. The top is rough. The only area what I think is strong is the triangle area between the right leg and the seat.

This was a tough exercise.