INTRODUCT

ION TO
LINE, SHAPE
AND
Understanding the Basics: Line, Shape, and Pattern
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 LESSON
Line
s in
OUTLINE
Playing with
line & shape
Art

Shapes Patterns
in Art in Art
 “Self-portrait”,
Vincent van Gogh, 1889

WHAT ARE THE

ELEMENTS OF
ART?
These are the tools that artists use to communicate their
ideas. Viewers like us use them to understand what we are
looking at.

The elements are:

LINE SHAPE COLOR

This painting has mainly

TONE FORM TEXTURE wavy lines. What might
we guess the artist is
feeling?
 LOOK AROUND THE
ROOM YOU’RE IN.
CAN YOU SPY THE

LINES AND
FOLLOWING?

SHAPES ARE
ALL
AROUND US
Today, we will investigate how
artists use lines and shapes in their
art.

1 CURVED LINE 2 RECTANGLES

1 PAIR OF PARALLEL LINES 1 CIRCLE

TODAY WE ARE
LEARNING TO:
01
Identify different types of lines

02
Recognize that line and shape can be
used to create emotion

03
Identify and create basic shapes
and patterns in art
LINES IN
ART
A LINE IS A PATH OR
MARK ON A PAGE.
Lines can help move our eyes
around an artwork. The color,
shape, and texture of a line can give
us information.
DIFFERENT
straight dotted bold

TYPES OF
LINES
Look carefully at these lines.
fine curved wavy

What emotions can you

associate with them?

cross hatched spiral zigzag painterly

 PLAYING WITH LINE AND SHAPE

1 2 3

With a pencil and a piece of paper, use a Look at your classmate. Now, without Remember: Try not to look at
line to create shapes and meaning, just like lifting your pencil off the paper, draw your your paper and do not lift your
an artist. friend’s face! pencil while drawing.
 How many
regular shapes
make up this
image?
SHAPES IN
ART:
REGULAR
LINES CAN CREATE THE
OUTLINE OF SHAPES.
SHAPES
We often see regular shapes like
triangles, rectangles, ovals, and
squares.
 How would you
describe these
SHAPES IN shapes?

ART:
IRREGULAR
SHAPES THAT ARE LESS FAMILIAR

SHAPES
ARE CALLED IRREGULAR SHAPES.

They can be:

CURVY POINTED SYMMETRICAL

ASYMMETRICA WAVY ROUNDED

L
In this mandala artwork
you can see lots of
repeated shapes and
lines.

PATTERNS IN
ART
PATTERNS ARE MADE WITH
REPEATED LINES AND SHAPES.
 How does this artwork make
you feel? What about the

LINES, artwork makes you feel this

way?

SHAPES
AND
Vincent Van Gogh was a famous
Dutch painter. This painting, "The

EMOTION
Starry Night," was created over 150
years ago.

He used:

LINE

SHAPE

PATTERN
“THE STARRY NIGHT”,
VINCENT VAN GOGH, 1889
 There are many different
types of lines. These can be
used to create different
emotions.

LET’S
Line and shape
are two of the
elements of art.
RECAP! Repeated lines and
shapes make patterns.
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