How to draw what we see. The spaces in between an object.

An excellent Youtube Tedtalk by Ralph Ammer is well worth watching for the way he describes drawing. ralph ammer drawing
Straight after watching it I went out to the back garden to do an exercise he suggested, when I drew the leaves & stems of the young apple tree I concentrated as much on the spaces in between as on the leaves & stems. Ths makes drawing a delicate subject a lot easier.