•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 DirectionLine 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

pencils, coloured pencils or other drawing materials

Line combined with colour

creates mood

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.

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.

Pastels are great for experimenting with. Use pastel paper as it’s texture this will hold the pastels onto the page.These materials are available at your local art supply store.