Comments on: 25 Days to Better Drawings – Day Twenty – Positive and Negative Space https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members Members Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Karen Pitcairn https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-twenty-positive-and-negative-space#comment-9802 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:20:34 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=27119#comment-9802 In reply to matt.

Hi Matt,
I have been working with you for two months now and am blown away with the results! I am 70 years old and I have always wanted to be able to draw and paint and make beautiful art,… and now I am. I am grateful for your patience and demonstrations and skill. Your teaching style is so informative and encouraging.
Your response to Beth Mills comment on April 26, 2022, about positive and negative space and that “drawing exercises should be challenging so we can grow” and that “frustration is part of learning” makes so much sense to me and is very energizing. I want to challenge myself more and expand skills and options.
Thank you does not seem like it’s deep enough for my appreciation of you Matt.
With heart-felt gratitude,
Kare

]]> By: Marianne Post https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-twenty-positive-and-negative-space#comment-9043 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:21:54 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=27119#comment-9043 Really love this concept of seeing negative and positive shapes. It’s curious, at least for me, that itt is easier to draw the shapes of the negative space. I suppose because they don’t really represent “a thing” so my mind doesn’t try to force the shape into something that is not really there.

]]> By: Leanna Trottman https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-twenty-positive-and-negative-space#comment-8223 Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:58:22 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=27119#comment-8223 I think i feel synapses exploding! Great exercise!!

]]> By: Beth Mills https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-twenty-positive-and-negative-space#comment-7562 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 20:14:12 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=27119#comment-7562 In reply to matt.

Thank you for your words, Matt. I am a perfectionist- YIKES : {

]]> By: matt https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-twenty-positive-and-negative-space#comment-7554 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:40:56 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=27119#comment-7554 In reply to Beth Mills.

Hi Beth,

This subject is moderately challenging. But every exercise should be challenging so that you grow. Learning to draw isn’t easy but it’s possible for anyone and frustration is part of it. This is just one concept of many to build and learn from. This exercise is not about the final result. It’s about understanding the concept. If we just did easy things, we’d never grow.

]]> By: Beth Mills https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-twenty-positive-and-negative-space#comment-7551 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:47:15 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=27119#comment-7551 I don’t understand why the exercise started off with a fairly complicated drawing for the exercise. I needed something simpler to build my confidence. This discouraged me.

]]> By: Pandora Law https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-twenty-positive-and-negative-space#comment-6723 Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:56:09 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=27119#comment-6723 Great exercise! It’s very interesting to see how off my proportions are when using this technique.

]]> By: Michele Laconto https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-twenty-positive-and-negative-space#comment-6498 Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:28:02 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=27119#comment-6498 When I was a small child, my grandmother would save all of the pictogram puzzles from her crossword puzzle books for me. It’s basically the same thing, only the squares are in order instead of all jumbled up!

]]> By: Jan Gregory https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-twenty-positive-and-negative-space#comment-6493 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:32:57 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=27119#comment-6493 You have chosen a fab photo as the reference! This is a great way too for getting a drawing in the correct proportions! I saw both the vase & the heads has this any relation to what side of the brain we use ?
Jan

]]> By: CC https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-twenty-positive-and-negative-space#comment-4798 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:17:57 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=27119#comment-4798 Hi Matt. What size is the pencil you are using here and the lead? TY.

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