DRAWING WITH LINES-Theory

              

                     

        

STRAIGHT LINES can be:

     V                  HORIZONTAL              

     E                                                   

     R                                                  

     T             or     S                          

     I                        K                       

     C                         E                    

     A                           W                

     L                                             

Look at these photographs: straight lines in them give us some great sensations, according to their position in space:






-HOW are those lines in each picture?
-horizontal? 
-skew? 
-vertical?

-Which SENSATION do they give us?
-balance?
-depth?
-height?
-stillness?
-movement?

Are these straight lines vertical?
And horizontal?

They´re SKEW lines, for not being
horizontal nor vertical.

Which sensations do they provide you?

Would you feel comfortable in that place?






Which are the most important sensations
you feel when watching those pictures?

-Height: something high.
-Depth: something deep.
-Balance: visual withstand.

-Simetry: one side equals the other.

CURVED LINES: also named ORGANIC LINES, 

because they are very common in Nature:

Onion leaves.

Cabbage sliced.

 

Saturn in different positions.

Antelope Canyon.

Spiral galaxy. 

Horns in a Mammal.

Dead Sea shore patterns.

Spiral design on succulent plants.

Beautiful jellyfish.

What can this be? (A furry caterpillar!)

 

Huge, very old cactus in Mexico.

Rolled myriapod.

A Nautilus.

IT´S FAIRLY DIFFICULT TO FIND 

STRAIGHT LINES IN NATURE...isn´t it?

DRAWING PARALLEL LINES

DRAWING PARALLEL LINES


WHAT to do? To draw some parallel lines, according to different angles.

WHERE to do it? On a thick DIN A-4 sheet.

HOW to do it?

• Divide your paper into four equal rectangles. Since we do not fold the paper,  measure both sides (length and width) and divide them (mathematically) into halves. We do not fold the paper.

(All parallel have to be 1 cm distance from others)

• First rectangle (left, up):               Draw HORIZONTAL parallel lines. Please keep the distance.
• Second rectangle (right, up):        Draw VERTICAL parallel lines: they are perpendicular to the latter.
• Third rectangle (left, bottom):      Draw a 45º angle (it´s twice on your set-square). Start drawing 30º parallel lines to the frame. (To keep the distance check it on the quiet ruler, and not on the frame.)
• Fourth rectangle (right, bottom):  Draw a 30º angle (it´s twice on your 30º-60º set square). Draw parallel lines to this angle.  (To keep the distance check it on the quiet ruler, and not on the frame.)

• Self-correct: check every line (including the frame and angles) with your rulers. 
• Overline every line with a thin black marker.

Pay attention to precision and cleanliness: speed kills!)


FORGOT HOW TO SET THE RULERS? Watch this short 
video:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPa2JGiZL0  (right handed people)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsln2MCd-UU  (left handed people)