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negative space is one of a number of ways to maintain accuracy when drawing from life/reference

It's a very powerful tool

But you need to understand that it's just one tool

of course

You use it in conjunction with many others

Like plumb lines and triangulation

But I agree with your teacher, negative space is awesome

from my experience it's usually the most helpful

But I'm not sure about not looking at the paper, I've read about it in Betty Edwards' book and did the exercise

It's a unique experience but I can't really tell if it was that beneficial

I guess it's a way to stimulate areas of the brain that you want to develop for improving your technical skills

But I'm not that informed on the science behind it

yeah, he would often say that one part of your brain see's a nose for example, so it tries to draw a "nose" from memory instead of drawing what is in front of you, that is why he taught us the way he did

it is really a technique for drawing what you see, not so much for creative drawing

https://youtu.be/SlDPAdZlojo

yes, he is right that our brain is prone to symbolism

Will she just die

It's probably the biggest struggle for an artist

Drawing what you see and not what your mind thinks you see

It isn't easy projecting 3d information onto a 2d plane

Our brain wasn't built for it

Artists didn't even know how to utilize rules of perspective until I believe the early 15th century

Which is why until then paintings looked flat and crappy

@Werlf
Soon

If half of the stuff about her health is true, she don't have much time

yeah. perspective stuff is what got me back into drawing recently, i've been drawing a lot of buildings and towns, architecture, that sort of thing

cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h2fMglzWBM

Was she into bdsm?

0:40 "My husband is Muslim, I'm not"

Someone needs to tell her how Islam works

We need an emperor, democracy is overrated

*e v e r y o n e i s a m u s l i m*

We need a benevolent and wise godemperor

And gas chambers for furries

No

Stop it with the furry hate

Please!

that is THE thinnest top lip i have ever seen on a person

If they want to be animals we have the right to euthanize them