1.       Read the first page of Chapter 5, page 89.  Look around the room and list at least 10 lines that you see in the room.

Starting on page 91 in Art Talk, answer the following questions.

2.     In geometry, line is defined as _______________________________.

3.     In drawing, a line is a ______________________________________.

4.     Line is thought of as being __________________________________.

5.     ________________________ means the amount of space an object takes up in one direction.

6.     Artists like to think of line as _________________ ____________________________.

7.     This definition is a good one to remember because it reminds you that it takes _________________ to make a line.

8.     Artists use lines to control your __________________________ ______________________________________________________.

9.     Many things in the world [like flower stems, yarn, spiderwebs and wires] look like lines even though they were not drawn by a tool because ______________________________________________________.

10.  Lines that we think we see in nature which do not really exist like dots in a row are called ____________________________.

11.   Implied lines are _________________________________________.

12.  Some examples of implied lines are ____________________________ ________________________________________________________________.

13.  There are _____________ main kinds of lines: ________________, _______________, _________________, ____________________, ______________________.

14.  __________________________ lines move straight up and down – they do not lean at all.  Draw some of those kinds of lines on this paper.

15.  ________________________ lines are parallel to the horizon.  They do not slant.  Draw some of those kinds of lines here.

16.  _______________________ lines slant.  They are somewhere between a vertical and a horizontal line.  They look as if they are either _______________ or ______________.

17.  _____________________ lines change direction gradually.  When you draw _______________ lines, you are putting together a series of curves.  Other kinds of curves form ______________ and _______________.

18.  _________________________ are made from a combination of diagonal lines.  The diagonals form angles and change direction suddenly.

19.  Lines vary in appearance in ______________ major ways:  ___________________, ________________, ________________, _________________, ________________.

20.Draw the different ways that lines can vary in appearance in the boxes below and label each box.

21.  Some common materials (media) used by artists to make lines are ______________________________________________________.

22.Some tools used by artists for making lines include ______________________________________________________.

23.Depending upon its direction, a line can say, or express, different _________________ or ____________________.

24.Vertical lines can make objects look ____________________.

25.Because vertical lines tend to pull the viewer’s eyes up from the ground toward the heavens, they have often been connected with ____________________________.

26.Vertical lines are ______________, which means that they are in active.  They appear to be at rest. 

27.Vertical lines also give the impression of _____________________, _______________, _______________ and formality.

28.___________________ lines are also static.  They express feelings of ______________, __________________, __________________ and ____________________.

29.Unlike vertical and horizontal lines, ____________________ and ________________ lines are active lines.  They give the feeling of action and movement because they seem ________________________.  They are not ________________.

30.Diagonals express _______________________________________.   Artists use them to ______________________ or to _______________________.

31.  _______________________ lines create confusion.  They are extremely ____________ and express feelings of ________________.

32.Because ________________ lines change directions, they too express some activity.  How much activity they express depends upon the __________________________ of the curve.

33.All curved lines are _______________________.