This is an activity I used with ESL students to deepen their understanding of the concept of line in art, and to learn to use vocabulary in English associated with line. Also includes a few images to provoke conversation and to illustrate points.
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Lines in art -aj--10-2013
2. A simple graphic element that we use to
make shapes and images.
A long narrow mark or band.
When a dot moves, it leaves a trace that
we see as a line.
3.
Lines give shape
to images
› Contour Lines define
objects within an
image
How can you tell
that there is a shape
of a hand on in this
picture?
4.
Lines create
We can shade
darker areas by
putting lines closer
together
(concentration), or
by spacing them
apart (dispersion).
shading, depth,
volume, and
texture.
We can change the
thickness of lines to
create volume, and
use thinner lines for
lighter areas, or to
make things look far
away.
We can also overlap
lines to create 3D
effects, using
Hatching and Crosshatching.
10.
Using Colored lines,
we can create
different Planes, or
surfaces in our
pictures.
If we draw parallel
lines of all the same
color equally
spaced apart, we
can create a
surface.
Look what
happens when
two colors are put
together.
13. PIET MONDRIAN
Composition with
Yellow, Blue, and Red.
(1937-1944)
•He was Dutch painter
and part of the De
Stijl art movement
and group,
He evolved a nonrepresentational form
which he
termed neoplasticism.
This consisted of white
ground, upon which
was painted a grid of
vertical and horizontal
black lines and the
three primary colors.[1]
24. Starry Night, 1889
Van Gogh = a post-Impressionist painter of Dutch origin whose work, notable for its rough
beauty, emotional honesty and bold color, had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century
art.
27.
Roy Lichtenstein
› American pop
artist.
› During the 1960s,
along with Andy
Warhol, Jasper
Johns, and
James
Rosenquist
among others,
he became a
leading figure in
the new art
movement
28. What Kind of
lines represent
the sun’s rays?
Dots and Lines in Roy Lichtenstein’s Art