Art 1 Chapter 3 Vocabulary

Front 1

I am a line created with a variety of tools; can be outlines, contour lines, signle lines, or hatching.
What am I?

Back 1

Descriptive Line

Front 2

I am a line with little variation that describes the outer edges of shapes which appear flat.
What am I?

Back 2

Outline

Front 3

I am a line that defines the outer edges of forms and surfaces within a for, such as shapes or wrinkles and folds.
What am I?

Back 3

Contour Line

Front 4

I am used to shade by using closely spaced, parallel lines used to suggest light and shadow.
What am I?

Back 4

Hatching

Front 5

I am shading created by crossed parallel lines.
What am I?

Back 5

Crosshatching

Front 6

I am a line that is indicated indirectly in artworks at edges where two shapes meet, where a form ends and the space around it begins, or by positioning several objects or figures in a row.
What kind of line am I?

Back 6

Implied Line

Front 7

I am found where one shape ends and another begins, resulting in implied lines.
What am I?

Back 7

Edge

Front 8

I am the tendency to complete partial forms or shapes by seeing lines that do not exist.
What am I?

Back 8

Closure

Front 9

I am an implied line suggested by the direction in which figures in a picture are looking, or from the observer's eye to the object being looked at.
What am I?

Back 9

Line of Sight

Front 10

I am a line that is produced to express an idea, mood, or quality.
What kind of line am I?

Back 10

Expressive Line

Front 11

I am a line found in very abstract and nonobjective artworks which do not describe anything. I am meant to be seen only as a line.
What kind of line am I?

Back 11

Abstract Line

Front 12

I am an element of art that is used to define space, contours, and outlines, or suggest mass and volume. I may be a continuous mark made on a surface with a pointed tool or just implied by the edges of shapes and forms.
What am I?

Back 12

Line