line (art)

Simple text and cartoon characters introduce some basic types of lines used in artwork and architecture.

Rhymed text describes how shapes are made from simple lines. Some of the verses appear on the page in the shape they describe.

Explains, in the context of art, what lines do, what the different types of lines are, and how they affect perspective, movement and mood in artworks.

Describes lines, shading, and tones in art; discusses the use of different kinds of lines to depict movement; and presents examples by famous artists, including the Futurists.

Simple text and illustrated photographs describe how to make different kinds of dots and lines using clay, finger paints, yarn, and paper.

A straight line falls in love with a dot and develops his talents to form all kinds of geometric shapes in order to win her affections.

A story without words in which a little girl has fun with a line drawn by a pencil.

Isolates the artistic element of lines, discusses what thoughts and feelings can be conveyed by different kinds of lines, and examines how they contribute to a work of art through various examples.

Text and photographs explore "line" in nature, architecture, clothing, food, and all of our environment and demonstrate its uses in art works.

Despite the admonitions of his friends, a straight line enjoys expressing himself by twirling in whirls, pointing his joints, and creeping in heaps.