Types of Lines

What type of line runs up and down the page (perpendicular to horizon)?

• diagonal

• vertical

• horizontal

• parellel

What type of line runs from left to right across the page (parallel to the horizon)?

• Horizontal

• Vertical

• Diagonal

• Zig Zag

What lines in a plane do not intersect or touch each other?

• Diagonal

• Implied

• Vertical

• Parallel

What do you call a line that runs from one corner to another; not an edge?

• Implied

• Gesture

• Diagonal

• Zig zag

What do you call a line, path, or pattern with a series of short sharp angles?

• Diagonal

• Zig zag

• Vertical

• Horizontal

What are lines that define the edges of forms?

• Diagonal

• Contour

• Vertical

• Zig zag

What kind of line is loose and expressive and looks like a sketch?

• Gesture

• Implied

• Vertical

• Diagonal

What kind of line isn't actually there, but is visually completed by the viewer's mind?

• Gesture

• Contour

• Zig Zag

• Implied

What term describes a line that changes, is expressive, and is more interesting to view?

• Diagonal

• Implied

• Line quality

• Contour

What term describes the thickness of a line?

• Line Weight

• Implied

• Diagonal

• Horizontal