Types of Lines
What are expressive lines?
Lines that show emotion and expressions
What are some types of line weights? Can you draw them too?
Strong, weak, heavy, light, fat, skinny
Which lines show calm and happiness?
Horizontal
A shadow is an example of what type of line?
Outline.
What are geometric shapes?
Have lines that are measured and exact. Shapes such as circles, triangles, and rectangles.
What are analytic lines?
What is line value? Can you show different types?
Shades of the same color from light to dark
What do diagonal lines show?
What lines shows the basic shape and some details?
Contour
What are organic shapes?
Shapes with irregular lines and forms
What do you picture gestural lines show?
A)movement and emotion
B)Stillness
C)Lines of the same weight and value
A)Movement and emotion
What types of lines usually have different line values and weights?
Expressive
Where do vertical lines tell us to look?
To look up
Analytic
What types of shapes do we usually see in nature?
What are implied lines?
What types of lines usually have the same line weight and values?
Analytic
Which lines show chaos and struggle?
Curved
Axel draws a picture of Misty the cat chasing a mouse. What types of lines will be used in the picture?
Expressive
What types of shapes do we usually see in buildings?
Geometric
What are some ways an artist shows implied lines?
Why might an artist use different line weights and values?
To make their drawing look more interesting
If you were to draw picture of a hurricane, which types of lines might you use?
Diagonal
Misty the cat draws a picture of New York City. The spaces between the top of the buildings show what kind of lines?
Implied
Why are shapes important when drawing?
They can help us break down more complex drawings into simple shapes.