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Lines and their Meanings Texture

Line - is the simplest most primitive, and
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most universal means for creating visual
work. They may be broad, faint and ___________________ ___________________
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hardly seen, ragged or clear and distinct.
 Kinds of Lines
• Straight lines  has to do with the perception of touch. It
– Horizontal –rest and quietness,
relaxation and contemplation, and
suggests infinity.
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of feel of things – rough, smooth, bumpy ___________________
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or slippery, etc.
– Vertical line –potential action though
it is not acting, dynamic and forceful,
suggestive of authority, dignity,
majesty and balance.
– Diagonal line –action. The degree of
action is determined by its angle.
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• Curved lines – show action, life and energy
– Quick curve or small arc of circle is ___________________ ___________________
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more exuberant
– Slow curve or the arc of large circles
suggest daintiness and grace.

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– A double curve that turns back on
itself is an S shape.
– The double slow curve is the famous

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Space Value
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 Perspective – it is a technique for creating
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to a painting. It refers to the relative
space. This is the technical means by
degrees of light given to an artwork. It is
which we perceive distance in painting.
the light and dark

 Linear Perspective
• Foreshortening
___________________  The scale of values:
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___________________  Light and Shadow (Chiaroscuro)
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 Aerial Perspective ___________________ ___________________
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Volume
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 it is the quality of an object which ___________________
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enables us to know that it has thickness,
length and breadth

 Two ways to perceive volume:

 Contour lines that outlines or shapes
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objects
Lights and shadows
• Paintings can suggest volume through the
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shadows and contour lines painted in and do
not change.
• In sculpture the outlines and the shadows
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change when the
position.
viewer changes
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 is one element inherent in any object of
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reality. Color can express moods and
suggests impressions. ___________________
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 Three attributes of color:
 Hue
• 3 primary hues – red, blue, yellow


• secondary hues – green, orange, purple,
Tint ___________________
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 Shade

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