Monday, October 19th we continued our study of shape. Assignment 10 was due, and a surprising few actually completed it with varying degrees of success. (generally leaning toward not) As a class we had a difficult time grasping the strict difference between organic and geometric shapes. Therefore, John Cox amended the assignment, allowing only two dimensional shapes to be used in the building of our robot.
We moved on to discuss positive and negative space in regards to shape, with positive shapes comprising the object(s) and the negative shapes the negative spaces (interspaces) with in it(them). The purpose of this is to enhance our analytical drawing skills by drawing our attention to how shapes compose not only the objects of our focus, but how the objects themselves create shapes. Our primary method of doing so in this assignment is, in two drawings, to darken the negative space/shapes around and within a spatially complex subject. The first drawing is a detailed study of the subject, and the second an essentially black and white depiction of only the positive and negative shapes of the same (we can assume) subject. The majority of the class period was spent working on this.
At this point, it is still easy for me to forget the progress I’ve made. My first drawing was cursory and superficial. John Cox encouraged me to go ahead and analyze my subject using the methods we’ve explored up until now: cross-contour, gesture, spatial measurements, etc. I scrapped that and started over. When I came to the point of darkening the negative space, I was surprised at how doing so added clarity and depth to my subject.
Danielle Heeren, USD Drawing I Student
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