CREATIVITY LESSON 2: Line is an Element of Art
In this creativity lesson, you explore your surroundings and draw lines that describe the objects most clearly.
We draw lines within the space to create an image. Lines show edges. They separate the subject from what is around the subject. Lines can vary from light to dark when using pencils. (a) Look at the girl’s legs, arms, and the jump rope. The line varies from thick to thin. This slight variation suggests the roundness of the body and movement of the rope. Thick and thin lines make the girl appear less flat. (b) When the lines are of the same thickness throughout, the image appears flat. Wonderful works can be made with a pencil, paper, and line.
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If you can write your name, you can draw! Drawing is coordinating the hand with what your eyes see. For handwriting, we make small strokes that fit neatly on lined paper. For art, we make larger strokes that fill up the whole sheet of paper. Try it. Write your signature in the upper right-hand corner of a white sheet of paper. Since you’ve done this on school papers for years, you’ll find it very easy. Write your name again, this time stretching it across the page so that it begins on the left edge and ends on the right edge. The letters have to be written large enough to reach the end of the paper. Keep the proportions of the letters the same as the handwritten signature. If you did not succeed, try again until you do. Congratulations! You’ve successfully used the skills it takes to draw a picture. You looked at an object (your written name), evaluated its shape, made visual judgments about space, and made large enough strokes to fill the page. You drew a picture of your name and it only took a short time to get it right.
Now use this same skill to draw an object. Choose an object that is sitting in your home. Draw it by looking at the outside edges and making lines that show those edges as you fill the space of the page.
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