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    Sketchbook CHALLENGES

    Sep 03, 2021 3 minutes

    CHALLENGE 1 NEGATIVE SPACE

    WHAT?

    Use crosshatching to indicate the negative spaces between parts of your subject.

    WHY?

    A focus on negative space helps to view a real subject in more abstract terms. This in turn can make it easier to think about line, form and colour.

    HOW?

    For this challenge you need an intricate, light subject against a dark background: a bunch of white flowers in front of a

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