LINE is an element of art

What would you have without LINES?

What would you have without LINES?

Not much.

A line is a moving dot.

It has length.

It is essentially one dimensional.

Line defines• shape

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structure

PacificAlex Colvillehttp://sites.google.com/site/jordanzanatta/Colville_03.jpg

Characteristic of Line are:

• Width- thick, thin, tapering, uneven

UntitledJackson Pollock

http://www.freeimageslive.co.uk/files/images003/pollock1.preview.jpg

Characteristics of Line are:

• Length - long, short, continuous, broken

www.cs.technion.ac.il/~irit/irit_images.html

Characteristics of Line are:• Direction-

horizontal, vertical, diagonal, curving, perpendicular, oblique, parallel, radial, zigzag

Horse and TrainAlex Colvillehttp://www.digitalmediatree.com/library/image/88/Colville_04.jpg

Characteristics of Line are:

• Focus- sharp, blurry, fuzzy, choppy

The ScreamEduard Munchhttp://nayefahmad.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/the-scream-or-the-scream-of-nature-1893-by-norwegian-artist-edvard-munch1.jpeg

Characteristics of Line are:

• Feeling- sharp, jagged, graceful, smooth

Pap4134David Endlemangis.esri.com/.../proceed/papers/pap413/p413.htm

And then we have TYPES of Line

Types of Line:For example:

• Outlines

Drunkenfist.com

Types of Line:• Contour Lines

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs18/i/2007/175/d/f/Line_art_First_try_by_Dmaster35.jpg

Types of Line:• Gesture lines

kms.kapalama.ksbe.edu/.../03line/l03_line.html

Types of Line:• Sketching

lines

http://greyk50.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/sketches1.jpg

Types of Line:• Calligraphic

lines

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/illustrator

Types of Line:• Implied line

http://www.uk.edu

Lines suggest MASS and VOLUME

How HEAVY is this horse?

Line

• An essential element of art