Types of Line

Organizational Line: provide the framework for a drawing. The framework can be compared to the armature upon which sculptors mold clay or the floor plan upon which a home is built. This line is sometimes called directional or diagrammatic.
Albero Giacometi makes use of organizational line in his drawing Still Life, the lines are not confined by the limits of the objects. They extend into space, define and help relate the background shapes to the objects. In most drawings the organizational lines are not readily apparent; Giacometti, however, not only uses them to organize his drawings, but allows them to remain as a part of the total visual statement.

Organizational Line Exercise:

 

All text and images are excerpted form Drawing: A Contemporary Approcah b Claudia Betti and Teel Sale.

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