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Exploring Line and Shape

Exploring Line and Shape

Lesson 1

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Line Walk

In this lesson, you will:

● go for a line walk

● look at different kinds of lines around your home

● draw them on your paper

You will need:

A piece of paper

A pencil

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Line Walk: Finding Lines

Everything is made out of lines.

What lines do you see?

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Line Walk: Types of Lines

There are many different types of lines.

You might find a line that’s not on this chart.

You can draw any new line you find and think of a name for it.

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Line Walk: Look for Lines

What lines can you find in your home?�

Look for different kinds of lines and use your finger to practice drawing the lines in the air.

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Line Walk: Drawing Lines

Draw at least five different kinds of lines that you found on a piece of paper.

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Line Walk: Connecting and Placing Lines

Put your lines on different parts of your paper:

Top

Middle

Bottom

Corner

Try drawing them in different directions, �so that some lines cross or connect to each other.

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Line Walk: Reflection

Take a moment to look at your drawing.

What types of lines did you draw?

Where are the lines on your paper?

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Remote Arts Learning Partnership

Module One �

Studio in a School NYC Team

Julie Applebaum, Senior Director

Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project DIrector

Writing Team Project Team

Belinda Blum Bryan Melillo Belinda Blum Nicola Giardina Sassy Kohlmeyer

Cynthia Chen Traci Talasco Andrea Burgay Katherine Huala Paul Urevitch

Graphic Design

Don Giordano

NYC Department of Education OASP Team

Karen Rosner, Director of Visual Arts

Amber Lodman, Arts Program Manager Kaitlin Trammell, Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project Coordinator

NYC Department of Education Visual Arts Teacher Team

Maria Bonilla Susan Bricker Amie Robinson Lara Tyson

These educational materials were created through a partnership with Studio in a School NYC and The New York City Department of Education Office of Arts and Special Projects (OASP) and made possible by the generosity of The New York Community Trust.

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