Art Element: Line Quiz

What is Line?

• A Mark that returns to itself and becomes enclosed

• The visual sensation dependent on the reflection or absorption of light from a given surface. The three characteristics of colors are hue, intensity, and value.

• A path of a moving point or a mark made by a pointed tool

• A closed two-­‐‑dimensional area or plane can be free form or geometric. It can be found in nature or created by humans.

Organic Line

• Are mathematically determined
• Soft and hardly visable
• Lines that are found in nature, free flowing.
• Lines that go from side to side.

Contour line

• A Line which goes up and down.
• A line follow the shape of an object.
• Lines that are invisible.
• Lines that are like scribble.

a line in an artwork that is not physically there but suggested by points in the artwork

• Random
• Gestual
• Implied
• contour

Gesture Lines

• Show the essences of something, are quick and look like scribble
• Slow smooth continuous 
• Hatched
• Straight forward only concerned with outline

What type of drawing is this?

• contour drawing
• 3D drawing
• realistic drawing
• gesture drawing

When lines are spaced closely and parallel to each other, this is called

• Hatching
• Cross Hatching
• Scubbling
• Margins

Lines can be described as 'Organic'

• True
• False

What type of drawing is this?

• contour drawing
• 3D drawing
• realistic drawing
• gesture drawing

A line that goes straight up and down is called what?

• horizontal
• vertical
• broken
• curvy