Two studies of the head of an old Man by Rembrandt, pen and brown ink

Pieter Bruegel the Elder 1525-1569

Pieter Bruegel the Elder 1525-1569

Titian (Italian c.1487-1576

Annthony Van Dyck (Flemish 1599-1641)

Eduard Thony 1866-1950

Casanova y Estorach

Franklin Booth

Franklin Booth

John Nicholson - self-portrait -pen sepia ink

Pen and brown ink drawing by Rembrandt

Winter Landscape by Rembrandt (1650-1654)

A. Durer - Hands Study - drawing A. Durer - 6pillows-drapery - drawing

Ink & wash

Ink & wash

coloured pen ink drawing

John Ruskin

Visual Elements
VALUE or TONE
Black and white photographs of coloured artworks translate hues into a range of grays from very dark to very light.

Caravaggio The Fortune Teller

Visual Elements
LINE Line can be considered in two ways. The linear marks made with a pen or brush, or the edge created when two shapes meet.

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

Example of expressive possibilities of pure line.

Calligraphy is the art of fine writing, so highly developed in Arabic cultures, Japan and China.

LINE

Crisscross lines

Crisscross lines

Scribble lines

Scribble lines

Parallel lines or hatching

Parallel lines or hatching

Crosshatching lines

Crosshatching lines

Crosshatching lines

Crosshatching lines

Crosshatching lines

Stippling dots

Stippling dots

Stippling dots

Wavy lines

Wavy lines

Pen strokes