Line Question Answers

1.  How does the author define "line"????
2.  What is required to make line? (This must be pretty important if it is so closely linked to line!!)
3.  What is "dimension"???
4.  List many ways that artists create line.
5.  Define an "outline" and an "implied" line.

Answers:

1. The author defined "line" as an "element of art that is the path of a moving point through space".
2. To make a line, you need a tool (pencil/paper, stick/clay) and dimension.
3. Dimension is "the amount of space an object takes up in one direction".
4. Ways that artists can creates lines are: Drawing with a pencil and paper, or scratched into wet clay using a stick.
5. Outline: A line that shows or creates the outer edges of a shape.
    Implied Line: A series of points that the viewer's eyes automatically connect.









































































































































ed Line: A series of points that the viewer's eyes automatically connect.