BASIC ELEMENTS OF DRAWING-Vocabulary

DOT: it is the smallest and simpliest sign. Since it has no direction, it is used for showing a position. It can have different shapes, sizes, colours and textures, but it has to be SMALL.

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LINE: it´s the result of moving a dot. It has position and direction and can also have many different shapes: 

• straight: line that has the same direction in space: the edge of a paper sheet.
• curved: line that has different directions in space: the outline of a basketball.
• zigzag: they have different fragments of straight lines: this is a zigzag road.
• wavy: they have several fragments of curved lines: wavy lines depict the storm.
• spiral: curly lines getting away from a center: a snail has a spiral line on it.
• simple: they are formed by one only line: light makes a simple line.
• composite: they are formed by different lines: artists use composite lines.

They are very important in drawing, because they OUTLINE shapes (=contour).

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PLANE: it´s an (two-dimensioned) area with determinate extension.
It has WIDTH and LENGTH, but not DEPTH:

• width: the distance from side to side of something: "A door is 70 cm. wide".
• length: how far is the distance from one end to other of something: "It´s 3 km long".
• depth: how deep something is: "The sea is 10.000 meters deep at that point". 

All those three words ARE THE NAMES OF THE THREE DIMENSIONS.

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TEXTURE: it´s the sensitive quality of materials, according to its nature. We can feel texture with our five senses: 

• visual texture (sense of sight, we use our eyes): tree leaves, crocodile skin, graphic designs...
• tactile texture (sense of touch, we use our fingers or skin): velvet, sand, ice, cork...
• sound texture (sense of hearing, we use our ears): a flute, a scratch, a song, blowing wind, an explosion, a symphony...
• taste texture (sense of taste, we use our tongue): vinegar, honey, chips, chilli, salt, soda...
• olfactory texture (sense of olfact, we use our nose): flower scent, parfum, rotten eggs, candies...

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