1. ART ELEMENTS REVIEW

2. The Seven Building Blocks of Art
THE ART ELEMENTS
The Seven Building Blocks of Art
SPACE
SHAPE
FORM
LINE
TEXTURE
COLOR
VALUE
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LINE A continuous mark that is longer than it is wide. Almost every artwork begins with a line.

4. LINE can be used to communicate images, messages, and emotions
LINE can be used to communicate images, messages, and emotions. It can define the edges and surface of a form. Line is also the basis of written communication, from pictograms and hieroglyphics, to our present-day alphabet.

5. 3 TYPES OF LINE:
Actual Line
Implied Line
Psychic Line

6. Actual Line is a solid line found in an artwork.

7. Edvard Munch “The Scream”
Actual Line
Edvard Munch “The Scream”

8. Actual Line
Bridget Riley “Fall”

9. Implied Line takes the eye into and through the artwork, and leads to the focal point, like Lead-In Lines.

10. Johannes Vermeer “The Artist’s Studio”
Implied Line
Johannes Vermeer “The Artist’s Studio”

11. Henri Matisse “Lady in Blue”
Implied Line
Henri Matisse “Lady in Blue”

12. Psychic Line is an invisible line that connects two things, like a finger pointing to something.

13. Andrew Wyeth “Christina’s World”
Psychic Line
Andrew Wyeth “Christina’s World”

14. George Bellows “Dempsey and Firpo”
Psychic Line
George Bellows “Dempsey and Firpo”

15. Duane Hanson “The Tourists”
Psychic Line
Duane Hanson “The Tourists”

16. 5 PROPERTIES OF LINE:
Direction
Length
Waviness
Solidness
Thickness

17. Henry Moore “Reclining Figure”
Line Direction
HORIZONTAL LINES are quiet and restful, like sleeping. They are PEACEFUL lines.
Henry Moore “Reclining Figure”

18. Line Direction VERTICAL LINES suggest life, growing, or reaching.
They are POWERFUL lines.
Maxfield Parrish “Ecstasy”

19. Line Direction DIAGONAL LINES show motion. They are ACTIVE lines.
Greek “Laocoon & His Sons”

20. Line Length Short, Medium & Long Lines
Kandinsky “Composition VIII”

21. CURVED LINES are graceful, fluid, and calm.
Line Waviness
CURVED LINES are graceful, fluid, and calm.
Alphonse Mucha “Job”

22. Line Waviness STRAIGHT LINES imply precision and control.
Piet Mondrian “Composition in Yellow, Blue, Red”

23. Line Waviness JAGGED LINES Lines express tension.
Hokusai “The Great Wave”

24. Line Solidness

25. Ink
Charcoal
Line Solidness
Crayon

26. Line Thickness

27. Line Thickness

28. 6 FUNCTIONS OF LINE:
Drawing a Form
Show Movement and Emphasis
Show Texture and Pattern
Show Form and Shading
Show Perspective
Show Emotion

29. Line can DRAW FORMS Contour Line

30. Line can DRAW FORMS Sketched Line

31. Line can DRAW FORMS Gesture Line

32. Line can DRAW FORMS Broken Line

33. Line can SHOW MOVEMENT & EMPHASIS
Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night”

34. Line can SHOW TEXTURE & PATTERN
Gustav Klimt “The Kiss”

35. Line can SHOW FORM & SHADING

36. Line can SHOW PERSPECTIVE

37. Jacques Louis David “Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps”
Line can SHOW EMOTION
Jacques Louis David “Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps”