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Elements of Art LINE
Line is… • A line is an identifiable path created by a point moving in space. It is one-dimensional and can vary in width, direction, and length. Linesoften define the edges of a form. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, straight or curved, thick or thin.
Examples of Weighted Line & Line Variety Straight lines (geometric) Thick lines Thin lines Curvy lines (organic)
Artists who use line… Joan Miro; The Flight of a Bird over the Plain III; 1939; oil paint
Blind ContourBlind contour drawing is a drawing exercise, where an artist draws the contour of a subject without looking at the paper. Blind contour drawings of hands
Contour Drawing: Contour drawing, is an artistic technique used in the field of art in which the artist sketches the contour of a subject by drawing lines that result in a drawing that is essentially an outline; the French word contour meaning, “outline.”