{"id":695,"date":"2016-09-24T16:01:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T20:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/?p=695"},"modified":"2016-09-24T16:36:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T20:36:48","slug":"negative-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/negative-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Negative Space!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Painting what’s not there is equally important as painting what is there. In fact, if you notice what’s not there first, much of the creative job is done for you. \u00a0This week we payed special attention to the space between these nose-to-nose subjects.<\/p>\n

\"face-vaseworksheet\"
First we did these face-vase exercises to really get both sides of the brain working no matter which hand is dominant. \u00a0You can download the pdf file here<\/a><\/strong>, and do them at home.<\/p>\n

\"capri-neg\" \"bill-neg\" \"andi-neg\" \"abby-neg\" \"ellie-neg\" \"emmab-neg\" \"emmap-neg\" \"finn-neg\" \"jack-neg\" \"lana-neg\" \"lyla-neg\" \"tessa-neg\" \"mia-neg\" \"mya-neg\" \"sam-neg\"\"syd-neg\" \"sophia-neg\" \"scot-neg\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Painting what’s not there is equally important as painting what is there. 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