1. The ELEMENTS of ART are the building blocks of art.
What does the term ELEMENTS of ART mean?
The ELEMENTS of ART are the building blocks of art.
LIST the SEVEN ELEMENTS OF ART.

2. Elements of Art
Line
Shape
Form
Space
Value
Color
Texture

3. LINE
A mark on a surface that describes shape or an outline. It can create texture or value.
Two Techniques for drawing with line:
Hatching- thin, closely spaced, parallel lines
Cross Hatching- hatching lines that cross
Where do you see hatching and cross hatching in this artwork?
David Levine, Nixon as The Godfather, 1972

4. COPY THIS CHART DOWN IN YOUR NOTES.
LINE quality
A description of a line.
Use the categories in the chart below to help you define the quality of a line.
COPY THIS CHART DOWN IN YOUR NOTES.
TYPE
DIRECTION
SIZE, COLOR, etc
Straight
Vertical
Thick (bold)
Wavy
Horizontal
Thin
Zig Zag
Diagonal
Short
Curved
Clockwise swirl
Long
Broken
Green
Squiggle
Yellow

5. Generally these are done as a warm up.
GESTURE LINES
Quick lines drawn to capture the form, likeness, or movement of a subject.
Generally these are done as a warm up.

6. Only drawing the outer edges of an object.
OUTLINE
Only drawing the outer edges of an object.
(NOT a trace)

7. CONTOUR LINES
A pure line drawing. Using ONLY lines to draw with both inside and out.

8. Typically you do not pick up your pencil while you draw. Why is this?
BLIND CONTOUR LINES
A line drawing where you look at the object the entire time you draw and never look down at your paper.
Typically you do not pick up your pencil while you draw. Why is this?

9. CONTIUOUS LINE DRAWING
A line drawing where you draw the entire subject without removing your drawing tool from the paper.

10. Because to learn to draw is to learn to SEE.
Why do artists draw using gesture lines, outlines, contour lines, blind contour lines or continuous lines?
Because to learn to draw is to learn to SEE.
When focused on an object, drawing using specific lines helps the artist to focus on the object and begin to SEE the lines and curves that it has.

11. In what ways has the artist used line?
He is using GESTURE lines and CONTOUR lines to capture a scene while SKETCHING. He also uses hatching and cross hatching.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Study for the Laundress, 1888

12. HOW does the artist use line in this cartoon?
What TYPE of lines are seen here?
Does this artwork look familiar? Why?
David Levine , Rembrandt, 1970

13. What line drawing TECHNIQUE did this artist use?
DESCRIBE the line quality of the lines.
Ben Shahn, Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, 1954