SKETCHER DEMO
The power of Negative thinking TINE KLEIN SHOWS HOW LEAVING SOME CAREFULLY CHOSEN WHITE SPACE ON YOUR PAGE WILL HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON YOUR WORK.
Urban Sketcher Tine Klein lives in Zurich and, in addition to sketching and teaching workshops, she is an art lecturer in the Herz der Kunst studio. “Art should be expressive. Art should be fun and so simple that you can always have it with you,” she says. Find more tips for sketchers on her blog.
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or those who love urban sketching, the quest is always on for techniques that make the creative process faster and more efficient while requiring minimal art supplies when we are on the move. I’ve discovered such a technique for myself: the Negative Technique. All you need for this is the courage to think outside the box. Let me inspire you to try it. Sometimes we forget that we can just leave white space and show a subject through its surroundings. In fact, subjects painted with the negative technique frequently appear more striking than those that are fully colored. Why? Because the artist preserves what’s essential: good shape and light! Painting from the ‘outside’ can also be quite simple and swift.