2. LINES

3. What is a line?

4. A line is a visual element of an image, Similar to dots, textures, colours and shapes.

5. A line is a combination of a series of dots that are continuous, with an exact distance between each dot.

6. It is the graphic representation of a dot in motion.

7. Types of lines

8. A geometric line We must use special Technical Drawing instruments to draw a geometric line

10. A graphic line A graphic line is freer and can be made with or without special equipment.

11. Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Woman with Yellow Hair, December 1931

12. The line can have different shapes and dimensions…

13. long short

14. Curved Straight

15. broken wavy

16. thin thick

17. continuous discontinuous

18. All these types of lines transmit graphic messages, ideas and feelings. Artists show their personalities through the line. It´s their personal and non-transferable mark.

19. The graphic styles of different artists

20. Kandinsky- Composition VIII (1923)

21. Picasso – Maternity (1963)

22. Giacometti

23. Goya - El Asno Literato (1796)

24. Ingres- Odalisque (1825)

25. Graphic and artistic qualities of lines

26. The line has the expressive and symbolic power to transmit concepts and sensations. The way lines are drawn on paper can allow a drawing to communicate multiple ideas and feelings.

27. Vertical lines are lines that go straight up. These lines express strength, elegance and spirituality, too. Mondrian- Bosque (1912)

28. Fernand Khnopff - At fosset under the fir trees, 1894

29. Horizontal lines transmit peacefulness, serenity, repose and stability. Ferdinannd Hodler - El lago Léman visto desde Chexbres, 1905

30. Inclined lines denote movement, decision, descent or tragedy. Egon Schiele - Arboles otoñales, 1911

31. Archipenko- Coquette (s.XX) Curved lines produce a feeling of movement and dynamism.

32. Straight lines suggest rigidity, constancy and precision. Luis Castellanos - arquitectura y árbol, 1935

33. Broken, curved and radial lines transmit a feeling of chaos, contradiction, action and dynamism. Georges Grosz, Tumult, 1916

34. The line is the principal element used to structure space. Tension lines (imaginary lines that unite the most prominent points of an image) help us to discover the different areas into which a space is divided. Lines help us to analyse images. Other qualities of the line

36. One of the most important functions of the line is to assemble shapes in order to create images. We give a shape a sense of volume and depth when we shade it with lines. Albert Gleizes- La ciudad 1914

37. ACTIVITY

38. The expressive qualities of the line

39. Materials needed A pencil. Black felt pens of different thicknesses. A ruler. A image of Asturias

40. 1- Look for information about the cultural and artistic heritage of Asturias.

41. 2- Choose an image of Asturias

42. 3- Using a graphite pencil, copy the main lines of the image onto your worksheet.

43. 4- Create a sense of volume and depth by using different types of lines, changing the thickness and the density of the line.

44. 5- Use only pencils.