Musonda Kabwe - Illustrator

Lets talk about space

Space is one of the seven elements of art. It refers to the area in and around a work of art.
Positive space is the area inside a subject while negative space is the area surrounding a subject or your background.

Space can also be divided into foreground, middle ground and background.

video by KQED Art School
Please see their youtube channel for more.

Dive Deeper

https://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/formal_analysis.html#:~:text=Space%20in%20a%20work%20of,is%20known%20as%20positive%20space.

https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-space-in-art-182464

https://www.skillshare.com/en/blog/space-in-art-why-it-matters-and-how-to-use-it-effectively/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/learning/lesson-plans/analyzing-the-elements-of-art-five-ways-to-think-about-space.html

References

-KQED (2015) Elements of Art | Space 2 Feb 2015. Available at: https://youtu.be/U11B_0FCn6o?si=dSUw8N9qm3LikDRc (Accessed: 23 September 2023).