Elements of Art LINE

Line is… A line is an identifiable path created by a point moving in space. It is one-dimensional and can vary in width, direction, and length. Lines often define the edges of a form. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, straight or curved, thick or thin.

TYPES OF LINES

Examples of Line in Art

Examples of Weighted Line & Line Variety Straight lines (geometric) Thick lines Thin lines Curvy lines (organic)

Joan Miro; The Flight of a Bird over the Plain III; 1939; oil paint Artists who use line… Joan Miro; The Flight of a Bird over the Plain III; 1939; oil paint

Gustav Klimt; Stoclet Fries 1905

Picasso; Bouquet of Peace; 1958

Blind contour drawings of hands Blind Contour Blind contour drawing is a drawing exercise, where an artist draws the contour of a subject without looking at the paper. Blind contour drawings of hands

Contour Drawing: Contour drawing, is an artistic technique used in the field of art in which the artist sketches the contour of a subject by drawing lines that result in a drawing that is essentially an outline; the French word contour meaning, “outline.”

Cross Contour Drawing: