1. Line

2. THE FORMAL ELEMENTS line light and value color texture and pattern
shape and volume
space
time and motion
Some works also contain :
chance
improvisation
spontaneity
engaging senses
other than sight

4. Line
A line is a moving point, having length and no width.
Actual lines physically exist and can be broad, thin, straight, jagged…
Implied lines do not physically exist, but appear to be real.

5. A line’s direction describes spatial relationships.
Horizontal - imply inactivity.
Vertical - the potential of action.
Diagonal - suggest movement, like falling trees.
Curving - suggest flowing movement.

6. Lines have direction:
horizontal
vertical
diagonal
curved
meandering

7. Line quality expresses a range of emotions, fragility, roughness, anger, whimsy, vigor...

8. Compare - Utagawa Kunisada. Shoki the Demon Queller,
c.1849–1853. Woodblock print, 14" × 9 1/2". Burrell Collection, Glasgow.
With Paul Klee, They’re Biting, 1920.
Drawing and oil on paper, 121/4" × 91/4". Tate Gallery, London.

9. Gesture lines - rapid, sketchy marks mimicking the movement of human eyes when examining a subject.

10. Outline - follows the edges of a silhouette of a 3-d form with uniform line thickness.

11. Contour lines mark the edges of a 3-d object with varying line thickness and with some internal detail.

12. Cross-contours - repeated lines around an object and express its 3-dimensionality.

13. Lines can produce tones, or values, as in parallel lines of hatching.
Parallel lines in layers is crosshatching.
Crosshatching
Many thin, parallel lines create the illusion of a gray tone, parallel lines layered on top of each other create darker gray tones

14. Expressive vs. analytical line

15. Contour Line

18. Cross contour

20. Line as Representation and Expression
Gesture
Gestural
Calligraphic
Implied line

21. Gesture

24. In the Style of Giacometti

26. Write this in your sketch book
Line = a dot, point, or mark that moves. It has length and direction.
Actual lines physically exist and can be broad, thin, straight, jagged…
Implied lines do not physically exist, but appear to be real.
Line quality expresses a range of emotions, fragility, roughness, anger, whimsy, vigor...
Lines are used to create outlines/ contour drawings. They are also used for shading such as hatching and cross-hatching.
Line is one of the most important elements of art.