Visual Language: Sketchbook Seminar (Line)

• "Have always the courage to draw it yourself." - Andrew Loomis, 1947

Functions of line:

• To convey it's own intrinsic beauty
• To divide or limit an area or space
• To delineate a thought or symbol
• To define edge by form or contour
• To catch and direct the eye over a given course
• To produce a grey or tonal gradation
• To create design or arrangement

GESTURE, CONTROL, SPEED, TOOL, PRESSURE AND MEDIA ALL IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN THINKING ABOUT AND USING LINE

Possible artists to reference for different approaches and techniques in using line:

• JulieVerhoeven
• Matt Boismier
• David Hockney
• Ping Zhu
• Lucinda Rodgers
• Raymond Petibon
• Ceri Amphlett
• Jonthan Edwards
• Tina Berning
• Picasso
• James Jarvis
• Sam Vanallemeersch
• Jon Boam

Take a book out of the library to do with drawing/line of some sort. Dip in and out of it throughout the week.