Transcript Line - Mount Horeb Intermediate School

Line
A basic element
Definition of a Line:
- A mark made by a moving point
- “taking a dot for a walk”
- Two connected points
- Narrow elongated mark
Lines can create Movement
-Movement is one of
the Principles of Art
-A way to guide the
viewers eye through a
piece of artwork
-Use elements to create
a “visual path”
How can we talk about Lines?
Line Characteristics
Line Direction
Line Type
Line Style
Line Direction
- Horizontal
- Vertical
- Diagonal (The most
visually powerful)
Line Type
Zig Zag
Straight
Curvy
Line Style
“Artsy” variations of a line
- dotted
- dashed
- double line
- extra thick or
super thin
(line quality)
Describe the lines in this drawing.
YOUR 2 Line Drawing Assignments
#1 Modified Contour drawing
#2 Cross Contour Drawing
#1 Modified Contour Line Drawing
A single line drawing the defines surface edges.
You cannot lift your pencil.
No detail or shading, just lines!
Alexander Calder
You may choose either a shoe or a camera to draw
as your “still life” subject.
Still life: An arrangement of
objects that serve as a subject
for a work of art.
More Contour Line Drawings
#2 Cross Contour Line Drawing
• Contour drawings that show the
form of an object as well as it’s
shape.
• If a surface curves toward you,
you draw it’s cross contoured
curved. If it is flat, like a cube,
straight lines are used.
• You can pick up your pencil when
drawing cross contours.
More Cross Contour Drawings
Subject is your choice – please bring to class tomorrow!!
** In class exercise **
BLIND CONTOURS
You are not allowed to look at your paper until
you are done with the drawing – Eeeeek!