Visual Worlds: Elements and Design · Drawing and Composition

The Power of Line and Shape

Investigating how different types of lines and geometric or organic shapes create structure in a composition.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can a single line convey a specific emotion?
  2. 2What happens when we overlap organic and geometric shapes?
  3. 3How do artists use line to lead the viewer's eye through a piece?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Visual Arts - Grade 3
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: The Arts
Unit: Visual Worlds: Elements and Design
Period: Drawing and Composition

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