LINE is an element of art
What would you have without
LINES?
What would you have without
LINES?
Not much.
A line is a moving dot.
It has length.
It is essentially one dimensional.
Line defines
• shape
contours
outline
structure
Pacific
Alex Colville
http://sites.google.com/site/jordanzanatta/Colville_03.jpg
Characteristic
of Line are:
• Width- thick, thin,
tapering, uneven
Untitled
Jackson Pollock
http://www.freeimageslive.co.uk/files/images003/pollock1.pr
eview.jpg
Characteristics
of Line are:
• Length long, short,
continuous,
broken
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Characteristics of Line are:
• Directionhorizontal,
vertical,
diagonal,
curving,
perpendicular,
oblique,
parallel, radial,
zigzag
Horse and Train
Alex Colville
http://www.digitalmediatree.com/library/image/88/Colville_04.jpg
Characteristics
of Line are:
• Focus- sharp,
blurry, fuzzy,
choppy
The Scream
Eduard Munch
http://nayefahmad.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/the-scream-or-the-scream-of-nature-1893-by-norwegian-artist-edvard-munch1.jpeg
Characteristics
of Line are:
• Feeling- sharp,
jagged, graceful,
smooth
Pap4134
David Endleman
gis.esri.com/.../proceed/papers/pap413/p413.htm
And then we have TYPES
of Line
Types of Line:
For example:
• Outlines
Drunkenfist.com
Types of Line:
• Contour Lines
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs18/i/2007/175/d/f/Line_art_First_try_by_Dmaster35.jpg
Types of Line:
• Gesture lines
kms.kapalama.ksbe.edu/.../03line/l03_line.html
Types of Line:
• Sketching
lines
http://greyk50.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/sketches1.jpg
Types of Line:
• Calligraphic
lines
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/illustrator
Types of Line:
• Implied line
http://www.uk.edu
Lines suggest MASS and
VOLUME
How HEAVY is
this horse?
Line
• An essential element of art