ELEMENTS OF VISUAL EXPRESSION

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The dot

What is a dot?The dot is the smallest element we can use

to draw and paint.

When a dot is drawn on a paper, it attracts our attention and creates tensions that suggest emotions:

Balance Inestability Movement

When a few dots are placed together, they evoke a visual representation of form:

Imaginary line Imaginary triangle

The line

What is a line?The line is the path made by a moving

point.When a line is drawn on a paper, it can suggest emotions depending on its direction.

HORIZONTAL: peace, tranquility.

VERTICAL: energy, desire to grow, spirituality.

DIAGONAL: movement, action, inestability.

CURVILINEAR: movement, tension, freedom.

Lines can be expressive. They may show excitement, anger, tension, happiness…

Lines can be continuous or composite.

Dotted

And they can also have variable thickness.