Descriptive
Lines created with a variety of tools; can be outlines, contour lines, single lines, or hatching.
What is Descriptive Lines?
Invisible lines suggested by the direction in which eyes are looking.
What is Lines of Sight?
Lines that are made to express an idea, mood, or quality.
What is Expressive Lines?
A two-dimensional area with a recognizable boundary.
What is a Shape?
Thin closely spaced parallel lines used for shading.
What is Hatching lines?
The tendency to complete partial forms or shapes by seeing lines that do not exist.
What is Closure?
Lines that do not have a definite focus and do not mean anything.
What is Abstract Lines?
Appears three-dimensional and encloses volume.
What is a Form?
A line that surrounds a shape by starting and ending at the same point.
What is Outline?
where one shape ends and another begins.
What is an Edge?
Associating certain feelings with a line’s shape, movement, and direction.
What is Line Personalities?
Mechanical, human-made shapes/forms that have regular edges and are symmetrical
What is Geometric (Shapes/Forms)?
Lines that define the outer edges of forms and surfaces, such as shapes or wrinkles and folds.
What is Contour Lines?
Lines that are “suggested” where 3D forms meet, or items appear in a linear pattern.
What is Implied Lines?
A form of meditative drawing. The lines drawn are just abstract patterns but lead to a more interesting design in a piece of art.
What is a Zentangle?
Shapes and Forms that represent living things and have irregular edges.
Also known as "Free forms."
What is Organic (Shape/Forms)?