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Look at the web of the author: http://www.jasonthielke.com/

1. How many types of lines do you know? Draw an example of each.

Fine

Straight Curved

Broken Open

Wavy

Continuous Thick Closed

2. Regarding the visual elements of an image, how can you describe the line?

a. What is a geometric line?

b. Define what a graphic line is.

3. By using lines, divide the space A) below into two parts. Divide the space B) in as many parts as you like.

A) B)

4. Tension lines are imaginary lines that help us discover the most important areas of an image. Look at the picture below. Find the most important points and join them with a red line to show the tension lines.

Título / Title: Y aún dicen que el pescado es caro (1894) / And yet they say that fish is expensive. Descripción / Description: Óleo sobre lienzo. 153 x 204 cm. / Oil on canvas.

Localización / Location: Museo del Prado. Madrid Autor / Author: Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923)

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorolla

5. Which of the following images has been created as an abstract illustration of lines? Which as a realistic one?

A) …………………………………. B) ………………………………………..

Piet Mondrian

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian

Escher http://www.mcescher.com/

6. Shade the image below with lines to give it a sense of volume.

7. What do you know about this author?

Piet Mondrian

Siglo XX. Vanguardias Históricas/Abstracción

Neoplasticismo Title: Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue

1921. Oil on canvas, 39 x 35 cm

Here you can find more information about him: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian, in Spanish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian, in English http://www.artexpertswebsite.com/pages/artists/mondrian.php, in English http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplasticismo, in Spanish

8. Remember the line’s vocabulary: Match each picture below with the word that corresponds on the left.

Thick line

Broken line

Fine/ Thin line

Wavy line

Geometric lines

Vertical line

Contour lines

Lines for shading

Parallel lines

Coloured lines

Horizontal line

Oblique lines

Perpendicular lines

Spiral line

9. Create your own composition with lines in your sketchbook. Look at the examples below.

The Farbstudie Quadrate, 60cm x 80cm, Wassliy Kandinsky: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinski

Victor Vasareli

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Vasarely

Judy Napangardi Watson, Jukurrpa (Women’s Dreaming), 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Watson_Napangardi

Fernando Zóbel. Ornitóptero, 1962. Fundación Juan March http://www.fernandozobel.com/artist_paintings.htm

Friedensreich Hundertwasser. 816 SWITCH BOARD, Mixed media, Porquerolles, 1980

http://www.hundertwasser.de/index_en.php

10. Copy and paste five paintings by five different artists whose paintwork are made of lines. Do not forget to write the title of the painting, the name of the author and the date of the work.