Drawing Extraordinary Plants: Observing and Imagining
Drawing Extraordinary Plants: Observing and Imagining
Lesson 2
Exploring Meaning of Lines and Shapes: Close Looking with Julie Mehretu
Take a close look this artwork by Julie Mehretu, and the detail image on the next slide.
What lines do you notice?
Choose one line that interests you:
How can you make different movements of your hands, arms, head or body to show this line?
How do you imagine this line might sound?
What kind of feeling does this line express?
Julie Mehretu. Untitled. 2004, Pencil, watercolor, and ink on paper, 26 ¼ x 40 ¼ in. Museum of Modern Art, New York.�
Exploring Meaning of Lines and Shapes: Close Looking with Julie Mehretu
Detail of:
Julie Mehretu. Untitled. 2004, Pencil, watercolor, and ink on paper, 26 ¼ x 40 ¼ in. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Exploring Meaning of Lines and Shapes: Writing
Look closely at your drawing of shapes from the previous lesson. Choose your favorite shape.
What types of lines did you draw to make this shape?
What would you title this shape? Why?
Exploring Meaning of Lines and Shapes: Sketchbook
Create a new shape using 3 different lines.
Look at your shape. �Turn it around in different directions.
What does it remind you of? �What can it become?
What details can you add to transform or change it?
Add lines or small shapes as details to transform your drawing.
What will you title your drawing? Write the title of your drawing in your sketchbook.
Resource
NY Times article and scavenger hunt on lines in objects and art:
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/analyzing-the-elements-of-art
Remote Arts Learning Partnership
Module One �
Studio in a School NYC Project Team
Julie Applebaum, Senior Director
Belinda Blum
Andrea Burgay
Traci Talasco
Graphic Design
Don Giordano
Cover image: Julie Mehretu. Untitled. 2004, Pencil, watercolor, and ink on paper, 26 ¼ x 40 ¼ in. Museum of Modern Art, New York. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/96703
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