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Exploring the Fundamentals of Line in Art

Understand the significance of line in art, its types, and examples in works by renowned artists like Joan Miro and Gustav Klimt. Learn about blind contour and cross contour drawing techniques.

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Exploring the Fundamentals of Line in Art

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  1. Elements of Art LINE

  2. 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.

  3. TYPES OF LINES

  4. Examples of Line in Art

  5. Examples of Weighted Line & Line Variety Straight lines (geometric) Thick lines Thin lines Curvy lines (organic)

  6. Artists who use line… Joan Miro; The Flight of a Bird over the Plain III; 1939; oil paint

  7. Gustav Klimt; Stoclet Fries 1905

  8. Picasso; Bouquet of Peace; 1958

  9. 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

  10. 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.”

  11. Cross Contour Drawing:

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