![]() ![]() History is evident of the significance of the simple line drawing in art. For instance, sculptors use lines while blending material into various shapes or photographers create an implied line through their cameras’ angle. ![]() Its horizons extend to sculpting and photography as well. The vital importance of line art is not just limited to paintings and drawings. They can be either sketches or complete artwork in themselves. Simple line drawings can be black and white, but not necessarily. It eliminates the need for shading or color gradients so that the focus can be only on the lines. Simple line drawings are the most essential elements of visual art. In the world of art, a line can be either two-dimensional, three-dimensional, descriptive, abstract, or implied. Line drawing or line art consists of different lines. A plane is an edge where two sides of an object come together. The various line drawing techniques can give rise to various awestruck masterpieces that are indeed valuable and worthy of great appreciation.Ī line drawing essentially uses a individual line to indicate the variation of planes. It creates the structure, defines form, traces contour, and creates a tonal variation. A line is one of the seven elements of art, shape, color, texture, form, value, and space. A line leads the eye from one part of a work to another. Anthony Gormley drawings used to highlight climate.When we first pick up a pen or a pencil, the first mark on the paper is a line.The solidity we perceive in front of a Henry Moore drawing also means that we 'trust' that these forms are 'authentic', the lines that trace their mass telling us that these images have weight and therefore a certain 'gravity'. Touch is more 'honest', we believe in it, therefore by working in a way that brings us back to an awareness of touch, we can build a feeling of 'truth' into the image. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth.”Ītwood points to a key element of meaning, authenticity is vital to our awareness. It has therefore been argued that touch comes before sight in our world of organised perceptions.Īs Margaret Atwood wrote: “Touch comes before sight, before speech. You are drawing as if you are feeling over a surface and it is well known that children need to feel objects in order to begin to picture what they might be, touch reinforcing what is seen. ![]() Perhaps the most important issue about cross contour drawing is that it brings together sight and touch. In some ways the disorientation you feel in front of her 'Op-art" paintings is a very physical one, that derives from our brain's search for a solid on which to pin the illusion. The 'stone' texture is suggested by the use of a grey wash, this also being used to describe the play of light over the mass, however in this case the contour lines are still clearly seen, as the wax rejects the wash and the lines stand out in white.Īlthough always spoken about as if being entirely about 'optical' effect, Riley's early work, I would suggest, relies upon a strong awareness of the relationship between touch and sight. Of direction of surfaces suggested by the contour lines as they make their way Of contours, the heavy mass of stone being suggested by crayon and the changing Studies for sculptural groups of figures are particularly sensitive to the use This time combined with wax resist and ink lines that trace over the form. Again we see the use of cross contour lines, To ‘escape’ from the dark and travel over surfaces. ![]() Masses lines together to create dark holes and then allows cross contour lines This case Moore is allowing the lines he makes to do two things at once. In the etched drawing of anĮlephant skull above, you can see how his lines trace over the surface of theīone and in doing so pull your vision in and out of areas of light and dark. Sensitive to their use in a variety of ways. Henry Moore used cross contours throughout his life and was very ![]()
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