Elements of Art: LINE, Art Fundamentals for Self-Taught Artists

Hear about LINE, one of the Elements of Art and the infinite ways line can be manipulated in visual arts to create engaging images. Prof Lieu and Alex provide examples of illustrations, paintings, sculptures, and more where shape plays an integral role. Discussion with Art Prof Clara Lieu and Art Prof Teaching Artist Alex Rowe.

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Clara Lieu was an Adjunct Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design from 2007-2020. Her artwork has been exhibited at the International Print Center NY, the Currier Museum, Childs Gallery, the Davis Museum, and more. Lieu received an artist fellowship from the MA Cultural Council, has written for the NY Times, and lectured at Brown University, the NAEA conference, and in Vancouver & China. She has been profiled in Artsy, Hyperallergic, KPCC, & WBUR.

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[joe_now_here_]

I am in awe of how bright, well-spoken and humble you guys are. Such interesting insights you share on this channel. I am grateful for these wonderful teachers/artists.

[nikolettat]

This is great! You are exposing us to all those wonderful and diverse artists! I wouldn't be aware of their work if it wasn't for you! Thank you!

[KweenTAC]

I was recently introduced to the work of Frank Auerbach. I'm particularly drawn to his charcoal pieces. He is a great example of messy lines used intentionally.
"I want everything in the painting to work, that is, every force, every plane, every direction to relate to every other direction in the painting – so there’s no paradiddle or blot somewhere. I feel very strongly that if a painting is going to work, it has to work before you have a chance to read it."
~Frank Auerbach

This video has helped me think about how I can use line intentionally in my own work.
Thank you 🙏🏾🥰

[lisah]

I could watch this vid several times. So many good examples and interesting thoughts on line. The live stream comments were also thoughtful.

[zacharyhorvath]

So happy that Beardsley was brought up; he’s my favorite artist that everyone seems to hate. I feel like mentioning Bernie Wrightson would have been a great example of a more or less contemporary illustrator who uses lines as indications of texture and form-especially his illustration of Frankenstein, but maybe that would have been too obvious.

I had drawn in pen almost exclusively for a decade, but kind of ran into a wall where I felt I wasn’t getting better. I started an apprenticeship at a tattoo shop, and my mentor had me switch to graphite, and it opened up a whole new world for me as I learned to manipulate depth, define form, achieve balance etc. However, learning techniques about depth really improved my understanding of line weight, where I define the thickness depending on where the form is in space relative to the viewer (I.E. a foreshortened arm and hand reaching forward would have the thickest lines around the fingers, and I would then taper the outline as it receded back into the arm and body).

I view it kind of like shadows in a composition, where generally there will be the most contrast, highlights and dark-darks in the focal point (where you pull out the 8B and some white ink), and then making sure that the background or foreground never get quite as dark or as light as the values in the mid-ground (assuming that’s where the focus is). Basically, just thinking in terms of 3-D space, and applying that method to line work.

[katarynek]

Great series! It would be so nice also to hear you guys talk more about line in painting.

[haidyyousif]

Big Thank you for your informative & inspiring content. I learn much

[riverriverchang]

thank you professor Lieu🥰 i love this art elements series

[Jaszleemin]

Hello, what video conferencing did you use? Amazing video btw! Will watch it.

[jillkama]

Salome!!! Beardsley is one of my favorites

[ForestBeans]

'No lines in nature' seems like something I don't understand. What about the cobweb lines
and the dark of moon shadows.
All that exists?

[bambooasak]

Could you tell me the artist of the picture in the thumbnail?

[lindakopec]

I watched a video on Beardsley yesterday. The narrator said that examination of his lines showed that some were made with pen and some were made with brush.

[ansika_art]

O god it's so overwhelming finding out about a new art type everyday but is it important for me to this type of line work really like can't I skip it coz it seems very hard