I choose a balloon because it relates to my reconstruction but yet it is different because they are not round like Banksy perceived them to be. The first way that I explored this theme was by making a freehand stencil of a balloon. These terms make sense until applied to graffiti, the negative space of the stencil creates the positive space on the canvas or wall. The opposite of a positive space is a negative space”. An example of a positive space may be a dog in a still life painting. According to, the definition of negative space is “empty space, space around an object or form also called white space” while positive space has the definition of positive space according to ask.com is “In terms of art, the definition of positive space is the area or space on a painting in which is occupied by the subject. This interested me because both were being used opposite of what their meanings are. As he makes stencils, or through how everyone makes stencils, the cut out is considered negative space, but is used as positive space and vice versa the positive space of the stencil is used as the negative space, not being needed. I saw this theme though the way he creates all his art pieces, which is through his stencils. As I finished my previous project of recreating Banksy’s Flying Balloons girl, I strongly saw the theme of negative vs.
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