Artists see lines in nature.
They look for lines and shapes in trees, leaves, grass and other things.
This photograph shows the jagged outline of rocks.
Look for the powerful curved lines in the wave.
“Splash” by xander.dacyon is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
An artist used wavy and jagged lines in this picture.
Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) (1760–1849)『神奈川沖浪裏』 – (Kanagawa oki nami urab) The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Color Woodcut.
Look at the powerful curves of the waves.
What other lines do you see?
You can see lines in things people have built.
The lines may be different from lines you see in nature.
Can you tell why?
“ryerson public school playground” by striatic is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
People built this playground.
The parts were made by machines.
Machines can easily create very smooth, even lines.
Abstract church. Theo van Doesburg. Date: 1915.
An artist created many lines in this picture.
Find some thick lines. Find some thin lines.
Starfish – Cody, Grade 3. 2016
Project – Lines: Kinds of Lines
TODAY YOU WILL DRAW TWO OBJECTS:
A NATURAL OBJECT (A SHELL OR A LEAF)
A MACHINE-MADE OBJECT (A BUTTON OR A PAPER CLIP)
- FIRST DECIDE IF YOU ARE GOING TO DRAW ON PAPER OR ON IPAD.
- OBSERVE YOUR OBJECT CAREFULLY, TOUCH AND FEEL YOUR OBJECT.
- TRY TO SKETCH ALL THE LINES YOU SEE.
- LOOK FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS; SMOOTH, ROUGH, JAGGED, HARD, SOFT, ETC.
- ADD COLOR TO YOUR DRAWINGS WITH COLOR PENCILS, CRAYONS OR MARKERS (OR USING DIFFERENT TOOLS ON SKETCHES SCHOOL).