The Foundation of Art: Lines

In just about everywhere and in everything, lines catch the eyes and draw them towards points of interest. As soon as you start to spot them, you may notice them more often. The artyfactory.com website states, “the visual element of line is the foundation of all drawing. It is the first and most versatile of the visual elements.” You can manipulate lines to show all different types of art. Abstract Art is just one of the many examples where lines can show off as a very basic visual design element.

Here are some examples of abstract lines:

A lesson in photography teaches artists how to find leading lines just about everywhere and in any design.

To draw up a conclusion about lines in design, they create most of our world. They provide objects with depth and distance. Lines allow structures to form shape and space. To quote Pablo Picasso from the quotesigma.com website, he declares, “Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He recopies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He’s convinced that the last, the most stripped down, is the best, the purest, the definitive one; and in fact, most of the time, it was the first. In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.” Lines are the foundation of art.

Aubrey Jones Barnes is a student in the Digital Media program at Utah Valley University, Orem Utah, studying Web & App Development. The following article relates to PhotoWalk 1 Lines and Angles in the DGM 2320 Course and representative of the skills learned.

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