When you're learning to draw or paint, there often comes a time when you plateau and feel you're not making more progress. Sometimes this requires switching things up to break your drawing habits.

To get a new and different perspective, instead of painting the positive space, which includes people, objects, etc., artists sometimes paint the negative space, which is what is in between people, ...

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