Ha! I finally forced you to look at the blog! I told you I would bend you to my will . . . mwah, mwah, mwaaaaah. *laughs while rubbing hands together in faux evil way*
But seriously, folks . . . your homework for this week is taking what we did in class (kind of) and bringing it home. Minus the paint. And the color. And the subject. But everything else is the same. Kind of.
You are to choose a plant or otherwise growing or recently growing plant (i.e. a houseplant, cut flower, outdoor bush, etc.). You are then to draw it emphasizing the negative space in the drawing using a B pencil. You do not have to fill in the negative space unless you want to. You must draw it in such a way as for the plant to go off the page on at least three sides (to force you to FILL the paper).
Since this is a drawing about negative space, you can ignore a lot of the detail that happens in the positive space. Don't be distracted by it! What matters most are the little holes in which you can see the background. Be sure that they are in the right places and the right shapes--don't be satisfied with a shape that's merely pretty close. Drawing that way is lazy! If you get the shape of the negative space right, then the positive will just fall into place. Trust that!
Good luck!
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