Josh Berg Negative Space

Negative space is the space where there is absence of an object. It is the space around the object. When all of the negative space is drawn correctly, it is as if the object has been drawn. You can see the space in the still life around the object. Parts of the object show up because of the space not occupied by the objects in question. In the cut-out drawing you see the space occupied by the bird on one side and the space not occupied by the bird has no paper. On the other side the space that is not the bird has the paper and the bird is shown through the absence of the second layer of paper. When an artist can see the negative space, it doesn't matter if they are doing a negative space drawing or not, being able to see negative space will help them to be able to more accurately represent the shape of the still life objects. It helps to see negative space because then the drawings will look real and like they actually do in real life, because of your newfound ability to see shapes.
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