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Line use when drawing the human figure. ARTS 1317 Medina

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Gesture lines - rapid, sketchy marks mimicking the movement of human eyes when examining a subject.

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Outline - follows the edges of a silhouette of a 3-d form with uniform line thickness.

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ContourContour lines mark the edges of a 3-d object with varying line thickness and with some internal detail.

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Cross-contours - repeated lines around an object and express its 3-dimensionality.

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Expressive vs. analytical line

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Gesture

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Contour Line

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Cross contour

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Line as Representation and Expression

• Gesture

• Gestural

• Calligraphic

• Implied line

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In the Style of Giacometti

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Shape: positive/negative spaces

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