Foreshortening

This iconic American poster is a great example of foreshortening.  Uncle Sam's hand pointing at us and arm approaching us, gives us the illusion that they are truly extending, although on a 2D surface.  James Montgomery Flagg based his drawing on the Lord Kitchener recruitment poster used by the British in WWII as well.

Implied Space

In this watercolor painting by Margaret Hamlin, there is evidence of implied space by the way the trees are set in the foreground, middleground, and background. In the foreground, the white trees appear to be closer because they are bigger. The trees behind them, in the middleground, appear to be farther away because they are smaller. In the background, there is atmospheric perspective because the trees are barely identifiable and resemble little sticks rather than trees. There is also pattern in this piece in the swirls in what appears to be the yellow sky. Complementary colors are used (red and green) as well.

Atmospheric Perspective

This piece of art is done called The Passage is done by an artist by the name of Natasha Lotona. This particular piece of hers is done with charcoal and shows great depth of atmospheric perspective. The fogginess of the trees as they go back into the background really gives the illusion that the drawing goes beyond the paper. In this case there is also fogginess towards the foreground of the picture which gives the idea that the scene goes  further forward as well as backwards.

Implied Lines

         In this image of flowers, leaves, and a butterfly; one can also see a woman's face. This is because of the implied lines the artist put in it. The two leaves on the top create her eyebrow and eye, the butterfly is her nose, and the flower is her lips. The negative space emphasizes the face, and makes you do a double take because at first it only looks like a face.

-Hanzala Jamil

Lines

This is a sketch of a fist. It uses contour lines and implied lines to form the fist and to show the detail between the fingers. It also uses the lines to show the creases in the hand helping the sketch to appear to have depth as well.

Waterfall

This work by MC Escher shows how lines can play with your mind. The way they are arranged gives an illusion and you can't tell where the waterfall begins and ends. The pillars in the picture are vertical while the flow of the waterfall is horizontal. There also many geometric shapes in this image which give it depth and show space.

Lines: M.C. Escher

This was a lithograph by M.C. Escher without a title in 1956. There are lines everywhere in this work. There are directional lines that make a viewer follow the work in a certain way. There are lines that are the edges to shapes. There are lines used to make some geometric shapes, such as circles, squares, etc. There are also actual likes that make the buildings, parts of the ship, etc.

-Tara

This picture is an optical illusion. It plays with the element of negative space so that the image may be perceived as more than one image. The artist makes use of contour lines to express his images and shapes.

"Good Dog!"

The drawing i chose is actually three drawings in one.  This shows the process of the work of art using lines. You can easily see the dog's facial proportions according the artist and how he/she completed the contour drawing.  The dog's fur looks extremely realistic because of the use of lines. Then, the artist added texture to the dogs face with cross hatching. Overall, I enjoyed viewing this piece of art because I have very little artistic ability. I am not very good at looking at a final piece of art and determining how it came about. Yet, this artwork allowed me to understand the process of how it came about.

Lines

Lines are vital to any painting, especially one of a city night. This pictures uses lines to recreate a busy night in New York City, not only are the lines used to create buildings and bridges but also the lights on in each of the buildings to give it the busy night effect. The buildings are 3 dimensional along with the bridge and are reflected perfectly in the water. The picture is not a complex one of N.Y. but its use of lines is great.

The Magic of Lines

I chose this picture to show an example of how lines can be used. The lines in the wheel bring your focus to the center of the photo. It simply draws you into the bike. The outer rims of the wheels are the contour lines. They are completely circular and the pole connecting both of them is an example of a curved line. The darkness of the shading allows you to see this picture in 3 dimensions. I though that this work of art was simple yet very interesting.
-Michelle Ketcham

Contour Lines

 This drawing by Tornwing is an exceptional demonstration of use of lines. This entire drawing is made of contour lines of different thickness, darkness, and shape that creates a beautiful drawing when put together. The fact that there is nothing else besides lines put together in this drawing is very interesting because there is no color or anything to make the drawing stand out, yet it is still very good. The lines on the shoes especially give a certain look to them because they are not touching and there is white in between all of them. This gives an interesting look that shows a certain originality that i believe the artist was searching for when they created this drawing. And the fact that the drawing is of a pair of converses I feel as though it helps the viewer relate to the drawing which is a bonus.

Lines, lines, and more lines

The artist Heike Weber displays the use, and power of lines in her installation artwork. by using a permanent marker she draws all over a plain room, covering it from floor to ceiling. In this piece, titled "Utopia" she has used only contour lines to create an awe-inspiring piece of art. This example displays the importance of line and how it can be used to really define a piece. 

Focus on Line: Woman with a Parasol

Woman with a Parasol is an oil painting by Claude Monet.

Monet used contour lines in the distinct geometric shape of a  large triangle in painting the woman (his wife) and a smaller triangle in the image of his son. The parasol's underside is also made up of triangles in a circular fashion. These lines are darker for the shadowing effect. The contour lines of her dress are dark, drawn diagonally to show the shadowing of the parasol from the sun overhead. Short vertical lines make up the grassy area below her. The soft, cool colors used for the clothing of the woman blends with the negative space of the sky behind her. There is an additional patch of yellow on the arm of the woman, also in the shape of a triangle.

Eileen

Lines, Lines and More Lines

This painting is created by Piet Mondrian, who utilizes lines and shapes in all of his abstract pieces. This painting is made up of nothing but parallel lines from horizontal and vertical to make all of the shapes, squares and rectangles. A majority of the shapes are created using the negative space, or the white background. Only six of the shapes are filled with primary colors. But the bottom shapes, (the three blue rectangles and the small red rectangle to the bottom right corner) have two edges on each side of the shapes, since these shapes are created only by the paint itself.