Characteristics of Lines
Width Thick, thin, tapering or uneven lines
Length Long, short, continuous or broken
Length
Direction Horizontal, vertical, zigzag, parallel, curving, perpendicular, radial…
focus Sharp, blurry, fuzzy, choppy
feeling Sharp, jagged , graceful, smooth…
Types of lines
Contour Lines
Contour Lines
Outlines
Gesture lines
sketch lines
calligraphic lines
implied lines
Stippling/Pointillism Aaron Baggio
Aaron Baggio
Aaron Baggio
Cross Hatching/Hatching Hendrick Goltzius' The Massacre of the Innocent
Brian Luong
Igor Lukyanov
Line Drawing/Contour James Turrell
Tara Wentzler