Follow the steps to use negative painting to create abstract forms derived from symmetrical// shapes. Remember to check your negative and positive space simultaneously while painting.
permanent marker
liquid corrector with foam applicator
STEP 1: Draw a black oval about 6" × 4" (15cm × 10cm).
STEP 2: Using a liquid corrector applicator, “carve out” by reverse painting a tree shape. Use only the white liquid for the first stage. Work randomly to avoid cloning. Keep comparing both sides of your form. Pay equal attention to the white space, not just the black form.
STEP 3: Do as much as you can only using the white liquid. Then you can go in with a black permanent marker and refine the shape from the positive point of view. If necessary, resort back to the corrector fluid to make further corrections until you are content with the tree symbol. Go back and forth from positive to negative painting. If you have not done this before, your brain has no preconceived stored input of this procedure, so you may feel confused and uncomfortable when starting. That is normal. After several attempts your artistic brain will kick in and you will probably come to enjoy this technique. (If you were to depict a tree in your painting, you could use the blue sky color and carve into the tree shape.)
STEP 4: Apply the same process with other shapes.