•Vertical lines convey a sense of confidence and strength.•Horizontal lines are calm and resting.•Diagonal lines relay a sense of movement and energy.

Line and Mood

Line

Line and Direction

Line and the direction of line are significant in conveying mood and action.

Take a pencil and draw lines all over your page that move in the direction of vertical, horizontal and diagonal. How does each line direction feel?

materials cartridge / drawing paper A3 size

2B 4B 6B lead pencils, coloured pencils

Line and Emotion

Take a new piece of paper and coloured pencils or textas.Experiment with these to create lines conveying your

emotions.For example you could draw red sharp angled lines to

show anger.

Or blue horizontal lines to create peace and calm.

Try using other colours and lines to make other feelings. Draw curved lines, sharp angles, broken lines, continuous lines

Try these

exercises

Vary the thickness of

your lines.

Try using different

pencils 2B, 4B, 6B

and vary the pressure

you put on the pencil.

Use other mediums,

pastels,crayons or

paints to experiment

with line.

Different lines for different effects.

Left and Right

Swap hands and draw lines with your non-dominant hand.

Don’t worry about the results , just have fun and experiment with

lines and direction.

Try a new medium to draw with

Just For Fun

Using any drawing medium of your choice ‘scribble’ all over the page.

This is a great warm up activity and allows you to develop confidence in mark making.

© Sandra McArthur

Pastels are great for

experimenting with.

Use pastel paper as it’s texture

this will hold the pastels onto

the page.