Line: Extension

This piece is an example of extension lines. Extension lines are temporary lines normally used in drawing to aid in measurement from one object to another, or to keep things on the same plane. In this piece, the extension lines happen to be present in the finished work. This gives the work an unfinished and messy look, which can actually be quite interesting.

Artist: Alberto Giacometti
Title of Work: Reviews of Diego
Year Produced: 1953Medium: Oil
Source: http://www.surrealists.co.uk/viewPicture/103/

This is a good example of how to use extension lines in one point perspective. This was meant to be more of an example than an actual piece, so it leaves in all of the lines used. The lines here are used to help base things on the same plane as well as keeping them in the single perspective.

Source: http://www.bramhaa.com/draw-it-all-%E2%80%93-one-point-perspective-for-beginners-in-animation/691

Line: Schematic

This is an example of line used in schematics. It’s laying out the second floor for the Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio.

Source: http://archidose.blogspot.com/2008/08/building-diagrams.html

This is another example of line used in schematics. It’s the schematic plan for an A-12 plane.

Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/a-12/a-12-schematic.html

Line: Psychic

Artist: Edgar Degas
Title of Work: The Dace Class
Year Produced: 1874
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Source: http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/edgar-degas/the-dancing-class-1874

Psychic line are invisible lines that are made in a piece in many way. This piece employes psychic line effectively by using the psychic lines from the girls eyes to the male teacher in the middle to create a focal point on the teacher. The bottom ballerina’s dress also creates a psychic line that leads to the teacher as well.

 

Artist: Edgar Degas
Title of Work: Danseuses à la barre
Year Produced: 1877
Medium: Oil on canvas
Source: http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/edgar-degas/dancers-practicing-at-the-barre-1877

This piece also uses psychic line very well to create a focal point and keep you there. From either direction on the ballerinas, there extended legs, dress, and body curvature lead your eye in between the two ballerinas and it seems to stay there considering the lines created from their straight legs almost block you in.

Line: Implied

Artist: Tornwing
Title: Untitled
Year Produced: Unknown
Medium: Unknown
Source: http://www.studentartguide.com/articles/line-drawings

I really enjoy this piece because its a really good example of implied line. Implied line, most commonly, is using any sort of broken line to create the sense of a line without it being there. The way they use it in this piece makes it much more visually interesting because you have to search a bit more for the image that you normally would.

 

Artist: Suzanne Caporael
Title of Work: Seeing Things: Rain
Year Produced: 1990
Medium: Color Woodcut
Source: http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_lineimplied.html

In this piece the artist uses implied line to represent the rain. Instead of using full lines to show rainfall, he uses dashed line. This gives more of a feel to the rain and makes the piece more interesting than if it were solid diagonal lines.

Line: Actual

Artist: Bruce Pollock
Title of Work: Labyrinth
Year Produced: Undated
Medium: Pencil and Ink on Paper
Source of image: http://brucepollock.com/paper.html

I really enjoy this image because using basic line to create basic shapes, he made a piece that resembles a whole landscape, when really its just the repetition of line. Its such a beautiful piece while staying very basic and clean. I particularly like the squiggly lines that form a few different circles, the way these lines are shaped give those circles a completely different feel from the rest.

 

Artist: Perter Root
Title of Work: Untitled
Year Produced: 2000
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Source of Image: http://www.peterroot.com/index.php?/projects/line-drawings/

This piece is a good example of how interesting and beautiful simple line can be. Line is one of the most basic concepts in art, being pretty much any mark made on paper, but it can still be amazing all by itself. This piece is interesting because he utilizes line in a way that creates shapes, value, and depth, though it is still only simple line. The way it tracks around the paper keeps you inside the piece and keeps your eye moving.