dots, lines and planes
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DOTS, LINES, AND PLANES
Dots are the basic element of visual communication and the unit of painting, drawing and artwork.
DOTS
Different representations of dots:
•dots at an intersection
•dots used to create lines
•a dot as a conventional circle
DOTS. Expressivity.
A single dot lacks dynamism, suggests little, has a static value and does not create form or movement. However, when a dot is related to a and associated with other dots, it can be highly expressive.
OrderOrder DisorderDisorder
ConcentrationConcentration DispersionDispersion Depth distance- nearness
Depth distance- nearness
TextureTexture
OrderOrder InstabilityInstability More visual weightMore visual weight
Less visual weightLess visual weight Movement to the top
Movement to the top
Movement to bottom
Movement to bottom
Dots used to help imagine a shapeDots used to help imagine a shape
Positive and negative dotsPositive and negative dots
DOTS USED TO CREATE VOLUME
DOTS USED IN GRAPHIC ARTS
Dots are used in printers to create the images.
PIXELS IN DIGITAL IMAGES
Pixels act as dots to create digital images.
DOTS IN ART
Mosaic.Tile.Cabeza de medusa.
Seurat :Torre Effiel, 1886
POINTILLISM
Pointillism is a technique used by some post-impressionist painters at the end of the nineteenth century. With this technique, brushtrokes are simplified by the use of coloured dots.
Georges Seurat. Circus
Paul Klee. Parnasumm
Sonia Delaunay. Rythme. 1938
Roy Lichtenstein
• A. Miro: GATO, MARIPOSA Y PÁJARO, 1940
• W Kandinsky: Algunos círculos, 1926
• Adolph Gottlieb
• “Ráfaga nº 1”
Chrisian Faur
Anish Kapoor. Tall tree and the eye.
LINES
•The line is the result of a point that moves across a surface.
•The line closes spaces and defines forms. The contour represents the border of things.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF LINES
INCLINED LINES CURVED LINES
ZIG-ZAG LINES WAVY LINES COMBINATION LINES
EXPRESSIVENESS OF THE LINE IN COMPOSITIONS
Straight linesThey suggest rigidity, precision and constancy
VerticalThey express spirituality and elegance
HorizontalIf they are paralell to the ground they transmit repose and stability.
Inclinedthese denote movement, decision and willingness.
EXPRESSIVENESS OF THE LINE IN COMPOSITIONS
Curved lines
These lines produce a feeling of movement, action and dynamism because they continously chage direction
Radial lines
These suggest light, explossion and luminosity
EXPRESSIVENESS OF THE LINE IN COMPOSITIONS
Broken lines
These lines have a zigzag shape and sharply change direction, transmitting imbalance, chaos and lack of organisation.
ConcurrentAll the lines go towards a point or area of maximum attention. They force us to look directly at this area and create a focal point tension.
DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE LINES
• Basic straight lines to make sketches • Expressive lines to make drawings• Lines to create volume
Basic straight lines to make sketches
Expressive line
Alberto GiacomettiTres cabezas de Diego: 1962
Lines to create volume
LINES IN ART
“Rembrandt con la mirada extraviada”
Engraving
Edward Hooper, grabado a la punta seca, Night Shadows, sombras nocturnas
• Franz Marc
• “ Mountains”
MONDRIAN
Escher “ Estudio”
J. POLLOCK: Océano gris, 1953
Bernard Bennet
PLANES
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANES
GEOMETRIC SHAPESGEOMETRIC SHAPES
ABSTRACT OR ORGANIC SHAPESABSTRACT OR ORGANIC SHAPES
THREE DIMENSIONAL PLANES
• Diego RIVERA: Desfile de aniversario de la revolución rusa, 1956
• David HOCKNEY: El mar en Malibú, 1988
• VÍctor VASARELY: Triond, 1973
WAYS TO USE SHAPES AS PLANES
•PLANES IN ART
• August Macke
• “Tienda de sombreros”
ROTHKO: Sin título,
1952
Paul Klee. Flowering. 1934
OUR NEXT TASK
• We need:
– Art Book, size A4– Black or colored felt pens, and pencils (3B)– Picture of yourself (portrait) in black and white
ACTIVITY 1: SPHERE
1- Draw a ball or a sphere2- Use the line to create volume like this example:
ACTIVITY 2:
1- Copy your portrait with pencil (try not to press too hard) 2- Use the line to create volume like you have done with the sphere.3- Trace the lines with fine feltpens.
EXAMPLES
