Space refers to the area around, between, and within objects in a piece of art. It can be positive space (the area occupied by objects) or negative space (the empty areas around and between objects).
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Brownie Art and Design badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Junior Art and Design badge requirements.
Choose an activity to explore Space:
- Body Tracing by Chicago Children’s Museum
- Shadow Puppets – Scouts create and test shadow puppets using cutouts and a flashlight.
- Shadow Puppet Show – Scouts create shadow puppets by tracing their own silhouettes and performing a short puppet show.
- Stencil Creation by Scholastic
- Tangram Art – Scouts cut out tangram shapes and use them to build creative pictures.
- Tracing Shadows by The Dad Lab