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LINE. Line- the path or mark made by a tool or instrument as it is drawn across a surface or through space. Line is used to understand the world around us. Cave painting at Lascaux, France. Line is a child’s early form of expression and communication.

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  1. LINE

  2. Line- the path or mark made by a tool or instrument as it is drawn across a surface or through space.

  3. Line is used to understand the world around us.Cave painting at Lascaux, France

  4. Line is a child’s early form of expression and communication.

  5. A two dimensional line has length and width, and is a point moving across a plane or flat surface.

  6. The artist Jackson Pollock creating with line. Pollock used line to create movement in his paintings.Pollock was labeled by art critics as an action painter.

  7. Lavender mist by Jackson Pollock

  8. Brice Marden- contemporary artist that believes line is an expression of spiritual transformation. Artwork is influenced by 19th c. Japanese scroll painting.

  9. Three-dimensional line is a point that moves through space

  10. Alberto Giacometti- Italian sculptor that used line to create expressive figures. His 3-D line also creates movement within the figures.

  11. Actual lines-are visible lines drawn across a surface or through space.

  12. Implied lines-dotted lines or a series of intermittent points connected by the eye.

  13. Psychic lines-invisible lines are created by a mental connection between two points.

  14. LINE QUALITY - variety of thick thin light dark Artists can convey emotions and ideas by varying the dimension (thickness), intensity (darkness), and direction of lines in a work of art.

  15. Line quality and direction can convey emotional weight.

  16. TO CREATE DEPTH • THICK LINES PUSH FORWARD IN SPACE • THIN LINES RECEDE BACK IN SPACE

  17. Line directionHorizontal and vertical lines suggest stability and structure while diagonal and curved lines suggest movement.

  18. Blocking-in line is used to approximate positions and placement of shapes with a drawing. These lines are difficult to show because they are generally light and tentative marks that are used as a reference and disappear in the drawing.

  19. Outline defines the outer edges of a shape or form, a silhouette

  20. Contour line describes in detail the surface qualities of an object

  21. Gesture line-create movement using continuous flowing sketchy lines to describe the three dimensional qualities and actions of forms.

  22. Alexander Calder was a Philadelphia born artist that worked mainly in three dimensional line. His main medium was wire and metal. Using these materials he invented the moving, hanging sculptures called mobiles.

  23. The Renaissance artist Leonardo DaVinci used line drawing as a scientific recording tool. Through careful observation Leonardo used drawing to understand how living things functioned.

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