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Saturday, March 21, 2020

PRINCIPALS of DESIGN - LINE (1 of 16)

The principles of design are the fundamental parts of an artwork.  Identifying these principals is one way to understand an artwork.


#1 - LINE

         A line can be described as the path of a point moving through space.  In an artwork, there are many types of line.  We can look for the direction of the line, the feeling of the line, the quality of the line, and how the lines move our eye through artworks.  


Line can be described in many ways:


                 active - passive                            bold - delicate              
           flowing - light                              straight - curved
           thick - thin                                   long - short
           broken - continuous                   geometric - organic
           implied - actual                          precise - irregular
           contour - outline                        vertical - horizontal
           perpendicular - parallel            zig-zag - direct


Great example of line work in art:



Marc Chagall, Artist
I and the Village, 1911