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lines that are physically drawn or painted

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• Actual lines

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analogous colors can be found next to one another on any 12-part color wheel:

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• Analogous Color

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often used for lettering, use quickness and gesture, more akin to paint strokes, to imbue an artwork with a fluid, lyrical character.

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• calligraphic lines

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color refers to the physical phenomenon of how people respond to viewing light. The full spectrum of colors is contained in white light. Humans perceive colors from the light reflected off objects.

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• Color

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Colors are perceived to have temperatures associated with them. The color wheel is divided into warm and cool colors. Warm colors range from yellow to red, while cool colors range from yellow-green to violet.

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• Color Temperature

are found directly opposite one another on a color wheel.

• Complementary colors

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follow paths across a shape to delineate differences in surface features. They give flat shapes a sense of form (the illusion of three dimensions), and can also be used to create shading.

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• Cross contour lines

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provide additional tone and texture. They can be oriented in any direction. Multiple layers of cross-hatch lines can give rich and varied shading to objects by manipulating the pressure of the drawing tool to create a large range of values

• Cross-hatch lines

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Expressive lines

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• are curved, adding an organic, more dynamic character to a work of art.

figure-ground relationship

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• the division in an artwork between its surface and anything added to it

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