This paper was about lines.
All the different kind of lines and examples to demonstrate them.
Intro
Lines do not exist in nature is a cliche that reminds us that lines are more of an abstraction. Qualities like depth can be expressed with lines, however they're not really a thing in nature.
Lines can do all kinds of awesome things. Thick and thin lines gives it darkness and lightness, respectively.
Space and movement can be expressed with lines.
Lines are actually quite dynamic. We often forget about this fact until we sit down and think about them (or read about it).
Handwriting
The handwriting below can quickly tell you about the manner in which is was written. The swirly lines indicate that the characters were written quickly.
Below are three different artists that all have a distinct way of using lines to draw people.
1. Lennart Anderson
2. Jacopo Tintoretto
3. Willem De Kooning
The artwork above makes me shake my head honestly. How the fuck do they call something like that art???
The Impersonal Line
This line is the same throughout. It doesn't change in depth at all.
These are Alexander Calder's drawings.
He must really love circus acts.
And I guess he really had to make a point below about which of the people below had penises or boobs haha.
Anyways as you can see how the lines don't vary very much.
Materials & Line Qualities
Lines can be different depending on the artist.
Nicholas Maes preferred to go more hard and linear with his lines.
Whereas Ernst Ludwid Kirshner preferred to go with more soft and flowy lines.
The above drawing was done in charcoal. However this drawing is completely different than the drawing below, also done in charcoal.
Implied Lines
Some artists are a lot more sneakier in their use of lines.
Rembrandt's The Night Watch has an implied line with the top of people's heads.
There's this up and down motion of a lines as you go left to right of a page.
In Madeleine I by Henri Matisse, there's a nice flowing line through the woman's body although there isn't really a line there.
Contour: Line as Edge
The figures are singing... lol.
In Mary Cassatt's Tramway, the contours give a clear border between the shapes.
Whereas Paul Cezanne's, Seated Nude has multiple lines giving sort of a transitionary area between the sections.
And lastly in Alberto Giacometti's Vase and Cup, the lines give sort of a motion like feeling.
Line and Three-Dimensional Form
Lines within each shape give a nice 3-D feel to them.
In Jost Amman's, The Stag, the lines really give a round feeling on the Stag's body. On the ground there is a sort of "cross-stitching" that is happening. That's is called "cross hatching".
In this case it is used to indicate a flat area.
The same cross hatching is employed in Albrecht Durer's An Oriental King on His Throne, but the cross lines are used to show darkness.
Lastly in Hokusai's, Yatsuhashi (The Eight-Plank Bridge), the lines are well used to show depth.
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