GIVING ENERGY TO LINE AND SHAPE

You can see the movement of the artists’ hand throughout

Notice how the curling edges of the shapes energizes the picture (Alex Hamilton)

Variances in thick & thin, sketchy and

deliberate line, large and small, angular and rounder shape (Stick

drawing by Liz Campbell)

Placement of shapes, use of white negative space (Amy Cutler)

Space broken up by irregularly placed line; angular white negative shapes (Braedon Cox)

Continuous line (artist unknown)

Even a subject as tranquil as sunflowers can be given an energetic treatment (Kathy Delgado)

Motion conveyed by the rhythms of parallel lines

and shapes of color(artist unknown)

Broken space, broken image (Marc Bauer)

Irregular washes “anchor” image to picture plane

Circular pattern enlivens the picture (Farrell Beam)

“Reducing” ink wash

Eric Baden

Sigmar Polke

Fenix Koh