SHAPE

Shapes are flat self-contained defined areas of geometric or organic form. 

A FORM is a three-dimensional geometrical figure (sphere, cube, cylinder, cone, etc.), as opposed to a shape, which is two-dimensional, or flat.

Categories of Shapes:

Geometric Shapes - Circles, Squares, rectangles and triangles. We see them in architecture and manufactured items.

Organic Shapes -Leaf, seashells, flowers. We see them in nature and with characteristics that are free flowing, informal and irregular.

Positive Shapes -In a drawing or painting positive shapes are the solid forms in a design such as a bowl of fruit. In a sculpture it is the solid form of the sculpture.

Negative Shapes -In a drawing it is the space around the positive shape or the shape around the bowl of fruit. In sculpture it is the empty shape around and between the sculptures.