line is an element of art. what would you have without lines?

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