line of sight

line of sight 

what is line of sight? 

line of sight is what draws your eye to the point that the artists is wanting you to look at at (at the main discustion of the picture) also leads you through the picture, tells the story

what does line of sight do for composition?

guides you through the story of the image, lets you see other elements of the picture.

how does movement relate to line of sight?

line of sight can suggest movement and speed, used correctly line of sight can control the speed of witch your eye travels through the image. 

what relationship does the frame have with line of sight? 

the right frame and right line of sight can work well together to suggest and show expression. 

how does the hand out recommend that you use line to its full potential?

recognising the tools that create line of sight such as points and gaze and sales that run through the image that lead to the image that you are wanting to be the focus on. 

sketch book image of the task. 

drawing thumb nails of other artists work and drawing in the line of sight helped me understand line of sight a useful task that i feel should be done every now and then to keep your eye keen.

ZED-FLOW a useful talk in our class.

when you read text you see it left to right. there is the same principle when looking at an image, we look at an image as shown below. this is called zed-flow

task- to create a image with line of sight the topic is transport.
-strong line of sight
-compositsion
-depth and frame
-any format
-black and white with one colour

finished result of line of sight piece

the line of sight travels from the shrub in the foreground that travels through the path to the tree in the mid ground with follows the brigade to the train. in that i have made some of the plants point in that direction for you to follow the journey and some of the plants and branches point directly to the train.
 i drew the brigade in hb and the trees in a 2b and then drew the shrub in the for ground in 4b and 6b to give the illusion of depth. i feel the shades of the pencil help the flow of the line of sight.