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THE FORMAL ELEMENTSTHE FORMAL ELEMENTS→line
→light and value
→color
→texture and pattern
→shape and volume
→space
→time and motion
Some works also contain :
→chance
→improvisation
→spontaneity
→engaging senses other than sight
Line
A line is a moving point, having length and no width.
Actual lines physically exist and can be broad, thin, straight, jagged…
Implied lines do not physically exist, but appear to be real.
A line’s direction describes spatial relationships.
Horizontal - imply inactivity.
Vertical - the potential of action.
Diagonal - suggest movement, like falling trees.
Curving - suggest flowing movement.
Lines have direction:
→horizontal
→vertical
→diagonal
→curved
→meandering
Line quality expresses a range of emotions,
fragility, roughness, anger, whimsy, vigor...
Compare - Utagawa Kunisada. Shoki the Demon Queller,
c.1849–1853. Woodblock print, 14" × 9 1/2". Burrell Collection, Glasgow.
With Paul Klee, They’re Biting, 1920. Drawing and oil on paper, 121/4" × 91/4". Tate Gallery, London.
Gesture lines - rapid, sketchy marks mimicking the movement of human eyes when examining a subject.
Outline - follows the edges of a silhouette of a 3-d form with uniform line thickness.
ContourContour lines mark the edges of a 3-d object with varying line thickness and with some internal detail.
Cross-contours - repeated lines around an object and express its 3-dimensionality.
Lines can produce tones, or
values, as in parallel lines of hatching.
Parallel lines in layers is crosshatching.
CrosshatchingMany thin, parallel lines create
the illusion of a gray tone, parallel lines layered on top of each other create darker gray tones
Expressive vs. analytical line
Line and other Art Elements
• Line and shape: contour and cross contour
• Line and value: hatching and cross hatching
• Line and texture
• Line and color
Contour Line
Cross contour
Line as Representation and Expression
• Gesture
• Gestural
• Calligraphic
• Implied line
Gesture
In the Style of Giacometti