1.
DOTS, LINES, AND PLANES

2.
Dots are the basic element of visual communication and the unit of painting,
drawing and artwork.
DOTS
Different
representations of
dots:
•dots at an
intersection
•dots used to create
lines
•a dot as a
conventional circle

3.
DOTS. Expressivity.
A single dot lacks dynamism, suggests little, has a static value and does not
create form or movement. However, when a dot is related to a and associated
with other dots, it can be highly expressive.
OrderOrder DisorderDisorder
ConcentrationConcentration DispersionDispersion Depth distance-
nearness
Depth distance-
nearness
TextureTexture

4.
OrderOrder InstabilityInstability More visual weightMore visual weight
Less visual weightLess visual weight Movement to the
top
Movement to the
top
Movement to
bottom
Movement to
bottom
Dots used to help imagine a shapeDots used to help imagine a shape

5.
Positive and negative dotsPositive and negative dots

6.
DOTS USED TO CREATE VOLUME

7.
DOTS USED IN GRAPHIC ARTS
Dots are used in printers to create the images.

8.
PIXELS IN DIGITAL IMAGES
Pixels act as dots to create digital images.

9.
DOTS IN ART

10.
Mosaic.
Tile.
Cabeza de
medusa.

11.
Seurat :Torre Effiel,
1886
POINTILLISM
Pointillism is a
technique used by
some post-
impressionist
painters at the end of
the nineteenth
century. With this
technique,
brushtrokes are
simplified by the use
of coloured dots.

12.
Georges Seurat. Circus

13.
Paul Klee.
Parnasumm

14.
Sonia Delaunay.
Rythme. 1938

15.
Roy Lichtenstein

16.
• A. Miro: GATO, MARIPOSA
Y PÁJARO, 1940

17.
• Vasarely “ Ilusión en relieve “

18.
• W Kandinsky: Algunos círculos, 1926

19.
• Adolph Gottlieb
• “Ráfaga nº 1”

20.
Chrisian Faur

21.
Anish Kapoor. Tall tree and the
eye.

22.
LINES
•The line is the result of a point that moves across a surface.
•The line closes spaces and defines forms. The contour represents the border of
things.

23.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF LINES
INCLINED LINES CURVED LINES
ZIG-ZAG LINES WAVY LINES COMBINATION
LINES

24.
EXPRESSIVENESS OF THE LINE IN
COMPOSITIONS
Straight lines
They suggest rigidity, precision and constancy
Vertical
They express spirituality
and elegance
Horizontal
If they are paralell to the
ground they transmit
repose and stability.
Inclined
these denote
movement, decision and
willingness.

25.
EXPRESSIVENESS OF THE LINE IN
COMPOSITIONS
Curved lines
These lines produce a feeling of
movement, action and dynamism
because they continously chage
direction
Radial lines
These suggest light, explossion
and luminosity

26.
EXPRESSIVENESS OF THE LINE IN
COMPOSITIONS
Broken lines
These lines have a zigzag shape
and sharply change direction,
transmitting imbalance, chaos and
lack of organisation.
Concurrent
All the lines go towards a point or
area of maximum attention. They
force us to look directly at this
area and create a focal point
tension.

27.
DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE LINES
• Basic straight lines to make sketches
• Expressive lines to make drawings
• Lines to create volume

28.
Basic straight lines to make sketches

29.
Expressive line
Alberto Giacometti
Tres cabezas de Diego: 1962

30.
Lines to create volume

31.
LINES IN
ART

32.
“Rembrandt con la mirada
extraviada”
Engraving

33.
Edward
Hooper,
grabado a
la punta
seca, Night
Shadows,
sombras
nocturnas

34.
• Franz Marc
• “ Mountains”

35.
MONDRIAN

36.
Escher “ Estudio”

37.
J. POLLOCK: Océano gris, 1953

38.
Bernard
Bennet

39.
PLANES

40.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANES
GEOMETRIC SHAPESGEOMETRIC SHAPES
ABSTRACT OR ORGANIC SHAPESABSTRACT OR ORGANIC SHAPES

41.
THREE DIMENSIONAL PLANES
• Diego RIVERA:
Desfile de aniversario
de la revolución rusa,
1956

42.
• David HOCKNEY: El
mar en Malibú, 1988
• VÍctor VASARELY:
Triond, 1973

43.
WAYS TO USE SHAPES AS PLANES

44.
•PLANES IN ART

45.
• August
Macke
• “Tienda de
sombreros”

46.
• H. Matisse

47.
ROTHKO:
Sin título,
1952

48.
Paul Klee.
Flowering. 1934

49.
OUR NEXT TASK
• We need:
– Drawing paper, size A3
– Black or colored felt pens
– A lot of imagination

50.
Begin the project with drawing lines

51.
Distribute the dots, lines, and planes
throughout the drawing

52.
Color in

53.
The final result

54.
OTHER EXAMPLES

55.
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