Chapter 2: Creating movement with line

 

Activity 3.2.1 Draw lines to create an illusion of movement

 

	1. parallel lines – calligraphy pen 2. varied spaces – calligraphy pen
	3. wavy line – my ink roller needed a new cartridge half way through 4. angled steps – fineliner
	5. zigzags I used my fountain pen from here on until drawing no 10. 6. starting with small bulges
	7. strong wavy line 8. random circles
	8 a. random spirals They do not change the overall impression, but add little hollows or tips, depending on which way you look. 9. rectangles – they are too large
	10. occasional bumps 11. lines ending in spirals
I wanted to try stronger lines with varied breadth.
	12. angular lines –  broad dip pen and ink 13.  lines with steps -   broad cola pen and ink This drawing makes me think of a piece of cloth with running folds.
	14. angular lines, broad and narrow lines changing directions - broad cola pen and watered ink This might look better on white paper with strong ink.

 

3.2.2. Create an op-art picture

 

	I looked up op-art on the internet only after I had made the drawings for the first activity, and also after I had made the coloured drawing (which in my opinion does not work, as the colour does not add to the sense of movement). The exercises interested me so much that I wanted to go on from there for the picture rather than a work of an op-artist.
Above: My favourite variation with the spirals, drawn with a broad dip pen and ink on strong cartridge paper.	It works differently depending on which way it is turned.
	Two further drawings with a really broad cola pen (about 15 mm). They were fun to do, a very meditative activity, but they do not create much of a sense of movement.

 

This activity is ideal for doodling in my small sketchbook during the train ride to work, with colour added later (fountain pen, inktense pencils, 15x15 cm each).