Art Talk Ch' 5

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Art Talk Ch. 5

• Line
• Value

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• Study vocabulary!!!
• The lines used by an artist control the eye
  movements of the viewer.
• The five basic kinds of lines are vertical,
  horizontal, diagonal, curved, zigzag.
• Four tools that can be used to make lines
  include pencils, markers, pens, brushes, or
  scissors.

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• Diagonal lines are called action lines because
  they communicate movement.
• Gesture drawing is done quickly to capture the
  feeling of motion and do not emphasize details.
  They are drawn only to capture the feeling of
  movement.

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• There are three things that the values created by
  line groups depend on, they are
• The number of lines
• The size of the space between the lines
• The media or tools used.
• Artists control the value of the line they create
  by the amount of pressure they exert on the tool
  they use. The harder they press, the darker the
  line.

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• While line is one of the most important elements
  of art, it is not the most important.
• Vertical horizontal lines never lean !
• While vertical horizontal lines are very
  static. Diagonal curved lines are not.
• The Chinese Japanese use different types of
  calligraphic lines brushstrokes in their
  paintings.
• A surface has a light value if it reflects a lot
  of light, a dark value if it reflects little or
  no light.

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Assignment Chapter Review pg. 117 Building
Vocabulary 1-10 (Just write the term.) Reviewing
Art Facts 1-8 (Write in complete sentences or
copy the question.) Please turn in with your
name and tray number when you are finished, and
put your book up.