mixed media line landscape unit
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Properties of Line
● I Can make a variety of lines using different media
● I Can identify the properties of line in artwork
Piet Mondrian, Gray Tree, 1911
Piet Mondrian,Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Gray and Blue1921
Wassily KandinskyThe Singer1903
BalthusPortrait de Femme en Robe Bleu1935
Willem de KooningUntitled V1982
Vocabulary Review
● Active Lines - curved lines that convey movement
● Static Lines - straight, steady lines● Hard Lines - lines with clear, defined edges● Soft Lines - lines with hazy edges and
irregular width● Line weight - thickness or narrowness of a
line
Line and Landscape
● How are the artists using line in these images?
Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Mesa, 1930
Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970
Giorgio de Chirico, Piazza d’Italia, 1913
Balthus, The Mountain, 1936-37
Line and Landscape
● On a paper to be collected, illustrate a landscape using a minimum of three different media.
● Show at least two examples each of:○ Line activity (active as well as static)○ Line hardness (rigid, solid edges as well
as soft, hazy ones)○ Line weight (thickness or narrowness of
a line)○ Line direction (horizontal, vertical,
diagonal)