LINE The First Element of Art A Dot That Takes a Walk……..

LINE is the First Element of Art and the most necessary. LINE: MARKS LEFT BY A MOVING POINT

TYPES OF LINE STRAIGHT Horizontal Vertical Diagonal WAVY DASHED/DOTTED CURVED SPIRAL ZIG ZAG QUALITY OF LINE THICK THIN LIGHT DARK

CONTOUR LINE is the OUTLINE of a shape or object.

LEFT BRAIN / RIGHT BRAIN

Tricks your Left Brain/Right Brain Connection ILLUSION Tricks your Left Brain/Right Brain Connection

Is the left center circle bigger?

It's a spiral, right? No, these are a bunch of independent circles

Keep staring at the black dot Keep staring at the black dot. After a while the gray haze around it will appear to shrink.

Can you find the dog?

How many colors do you see? There are only 3 colors: White, green, and pink. There seem to be two different shades of pink, but there is only one pink.

Do you see a couple or a skull?

Count the black dots! :o)

Are the horizontal lines parallel or do they slope?

How many legs does this elephant have?

What does the sign say? Are you sure?

Look at the words below from left to right Look at the words below from left to right. Say out loud the COLOR not the word. This is a left to right conflict. The right side of your brain tries to say the color while the left insists on reading the word.

Do you see the face? Or an Eskimo?

Is the blue on the inner left back or the outer left front?

Do you see a musician or a girl's face?