Snow Storm Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth By using negative space, you can draw the viewer’s attention to a particular part of an image and make it stand out. Focal point John Singer Sargent: Madame XĪnother way to use negative space is to create a focal point in your composition. To create balance in an artwork, the subjects and positive space shouldn’t all be concentrated in one area. Artists can create balance by evenly spacing objects and subjects, or creating symmetry in the artwork. A balanced artwork will elicit feelings of harmony and comfort from the viewer. One of the main elements and techniques of composition is balance. Create balance Claude Monet: Fishing Boats at Honfleur In some cases, the space between the subjects may be just as important as the subjects themselves. When composing a painting, white space can be used to create balance and visual interest. This painting by Umberto Boccioni shows how using mostly positive space in an artwork without much negative space can create a sense of chaos, dynamism and unrest. The negative space, or lack of, shows the relationship between the areas of positive space. The positive space is where the artist creates the scene, with detail, texture, line and values. Positive space refers to the area in an image that contains the main subjects and objects. What is positive space? Umberto Boccioni: The Street Enters the House It’s a compositional device that can help give an art piece depth, balance and emphasis.
For example in this artwork of the Pine Tree by Paul Signac, the tree could be defined as the positive space and the sky, grass and shadows are the negative space. Space can be used in art to create salience, a focal point and to show the relationship between different subjects and objects.
If positive space is the focal point, negative space is the space surrounding it. However the area doesn’t have to be white, it could be another colour or background image. Negative space is the area around and between the subjects of an image.
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