1. LINE is an element of art

2. What would you have without LINES?

4. Not much.

5. A line is a moving dot. It has length. It is essentially one dimensional.

6. Line defines shape contours outline structure Pacific Alex Colville http://sites.google.com/site/jordanzanatta/Colville_03.jpg

7. Characteristic of Line are: Width- thick, thin, tapering, uneven Untitled Jackson Pollock http://www.freeimageslive.co.uk/files/images003/pollock1.pr eview.jpg

8. Characteristics of Line are: Length - long, short, continuous, broken www.cs.technion.ac.il/~irit/irit_images.ht ml

9. Characteristics of Line are: Direction- horizontal, vertical, diagonal, curving, perpendicular, oblique, parallel, radial, zigzag Horse and Train Alex Colville http://www.digitalmediatree.com/library/image/88/Colville_04.jpg

10. Characteristics of Line are: Focus- sharp, blurry, fuzzy, choppy The Scream Eduard Munch http://nayefahmad.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/the-scream-or-the-scream-of-nature-1893-by-norwegian-artist-edvard-munch1.jpeg

11. Characteristics of Line are: Feeling- sharp, jagged, graceful, smooth Pap4134 David Endleman gis.esri.com/.../proceed/papers/pap413/p413.htm

12. And then we have TYPES of Line

13. Types of Line: For example: Outlines Drunkenfist.com

14. Types of Line: Contour Lines http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs18/i/2007/175/d/f/Line_art_First_try_by_Dmaster35.jpg

15. Types of Line: Gesture lines kms.kapalama.ksbe.edu/.../03line/l03_line.html

16. Types of Line: Sketching lines http://greyk50.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/sketches1.jpg

17. Types of Line: Calligraphic lines http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/illustrator

18. Types of Line: Implied line http://www.uk.edu

19. Lines suggest MASS and VOLUME

20. How HEAVY is this horse?

21. Line An essential element of art