Properties of Line

● I Can make a variety of lines using different media

● I Can identify the properties of line in artwork

Piet Mondrian, Gray Tree, 1911

Piet Mondrian,Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Gray and Blue1921

Wassily KandinskyThe Singer1903

BalthusPortrait de Femme en Robe Bleu1935

Willem de KooningUntitled V1982

Vocabulary Review

● Active Lines - curved lines that convey movement

● Static Lines - straight, steady lines● Hard Lines - lines with clear, defined edges● Soft Lines - lines with hazy edges and

irregular width● Line weight - thickness or narrowness of a

line

Line and Landscape

● How are the artists using line in these images?

Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Mesa, 1930

Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970

Giorgio de Chirico, Piazza d’Italia, 1913

Balthus, The Mountain, 1936-37

Line and Landscape

● On a paper to be collected, illustrate a landscape using a minimum of three different media.

● Show at least two examples each of:○ Line activity (active as well as static)○ Line hardness (rigid, solid edges as well

as soft, hazy ones)○ Line weight (thickness or narrowness of

a line)○ Line direction (horizontal, vertical,

diagonal)