Visual Arts Studio 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Drawing Board
23 Apr 2016
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A path of a moving point made by a tool, instrument or medium as it moves across an area (ocvirk 98) Contour: the outermost limits of a drawn or painted figure, object or mass (106) All line in art is a graphic invention. Lines can be interpreted as such because of o o o o. Value changes - differences in light and dark. The most descriptive line is called contour when two different planes on an object meet at an edge. Contour line characteristics o o o o o o. Not an outline, contour lines continue inside a form. Hand and eye are coordinated when drawing contour. Heavier lines appear to have more physical weight, might convey a sense of shadow and also appear closer to us (advance into space) o. Lighter lines are visually more weightless and appear to have light shining on them. Light lines also recede into space (they appear farther away from us)
