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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LINES

MALCOLM BOWMAN
Photo by ecstaticist

LINE

A LINE DRAWN FROM AN OBSERVED OBJECT TO THE FOVEA OF THE EYE.
A line is a mark made by a pointed tool that has length and width but the width is so tiny compared to the length that one perceives line as having only one dimension.
Photo by ecstaticist

ACTUAL LINE

Actual lines are created by artists to represent edges.
Photo by wbaiv

CONTOUR LINE DRAWINGS

EXTERIOR &INTERIOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE SURFACE ELEVATION.

LINE SKETCH

USES BROKEN LINES TO THE GENERAL SHAPE AND SURFACE.
Photo by aaipodpics

IMPLIED LINES

Are created by abrupt changes in color.

IMPLIED LINES

Can also be created by objects in a row.

VERTICAL LINES

Go from the bottom to the top of CANVAS.
Photo by Leshaines123

HORIZONTAL LINES

GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON THE CANVAS.
Photo by Megan Byrd

DIAGONAL LINES

STRAIGHT LINES THAT ARE NOT PARALLEL TO THE SIDES OR THE TOP.
Photo by CarbonNYC

SHAPE

CREATED EITHER BY AN ENCLOSING LINE OR BY COLOR AND VALUE CHANGES

GEOMETRIC SHAPES

PRECISE EDGES THAT APPEAR TO HAVE A MACHINE-MADE QUALITY.
Photo by moreuman

ORGANIC SHAPES

Consist of natural, curving, unpredictable, edges.

HARD-EDGE

Abrupt changes in color, value, pattern, or texture.
Photo by army.arch

SOFT-EDGED

Shapes created by indistinct changes in color, value, texture or pattern.