Mar
3
2010
Tete a tete (noun)
A. A term for a hair pulling fight that occurs predominately in females. Similar to mano a mano in males.

B. A slang phrase used in the plastic surgery circles for breast implants.

A small, curved sofa on which two people can face each other.
ANSWER: C
Etymology
French tête-à-tête (“‘head-to-head’”)
tête-à-tête (plural tête-à-têtes)
- A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.
- A bench or sofa that allows two people to talk face-to-face


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Mar
3
2010




What is Negative Space?

Negative space in action: do you see a vase or two faces?
Image: ©2006 Marion Boddy-Evans. Licensed to About.com, Inc.
Negative space isn’t the place your mind retreats to when a painting isn’t going well. Negative space is the space between objects or parts of an object, or around it. Studying this can have a surprisingly positive effect on a painting.
In her book Drawing on the Right Hand Side of the Brain Betty Edwards uses a great Bugs Bunny analogy to explain negative space. Imagine Bugs Bunny speeding along and running through a door. What you’ll see in the cartoon is a door with a bunny-shaped hole in it. What’s left of the door is the negative space, that is the space around the object, in this case Bugs Bunny.
Is It a Vase or Two Faces?
The classic example of negative space or shapes is the brain-teaser where depending on how you look you see either a vase or two faces (as shown in the image above). It becomes very evident when the image is reversed.
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