Lines

 

Line. PhotoShop. Mat Lasky

 

Implied Line

Implied Line. Sketch. Mat Lasky

 

Implied line is one method an artist can use to provide intended direction for the viewer’s eye to follow. This artist achieved this by placing pillars evenly spaced down the length of the fence to draw the viewer’s attention in that direction.



Psychic Line 

 

 

Implied Line. Sketch. Mat Lasky

Psychic Line refers to the invisible line that is created or understood within an image from one point to another. In this photo the tip of the finger points to the tree giving a sense of a line from the fingertip to the tree.



Hatching / Cross Hatching 

Hatch / Cross Hatch. Sketch. Mat Lasky

Hatching and Cross Hatching are two forms of lines that can be used to give a two dimensional figure a three dimensional appearance, show a casted shadow, and give an image visual texture (which you will learn later on).