Definition - Lines

Dictionary definition - the definition of a line from the Oxford Dictionary is 'a long, narrow mark or band' , and from an online dictionary 'A geometric figure formed by a point moving along a fixed direction and the reverse direction'. 

Words which describe lines - lines are very basic and can be either straight, curved, zigzag, parallel, continuous, repeated, irregular, linear, ridged, wavy.

My definition - my definition of a line is a series of continuous marks which separates two areas or adds depth to an area. Every thing we see is made up of a series of lines which vary in type.

This image of lightning striking over a city is a good example of natural lines, because they are squiggly irregular lines which light up the sky with the bright flashes of static electricity. It shows the white glow of the line which contrasts agasinst the darkness of the clouds. The lines will never have the exact same pattern which make the lines unique. 

This is an image of a spiders web, i thought this image was a good representation of lines because each strand and connection of the silk is a line, which have been weaved together to form the web structure, they vary in size and no line will be exactly the same. The spiders web holds a vary of lines in such as straight, curved and rounded ones. The web is actually a continuous line as it is a single bit of silk which has been sewn into the web shape but there are are no breaks in the line. The color of the white silk contrasts against the dark background. 

This image shows how important lines are in architecture.The structure of the building is made of several different materials which are all in the shape of lines. This shows that things which we don't really take much notice of such as the structure of buildings are all actually made of much simpler things than we think. They also add detail to the building as they are curved so they bring some shape to the building. 

This image of the beach shows both natural and man-made lines. The lines in the sad is from the waves and the way in which they have crashed against the sand before the tide has retreated, they have created naturally curvy lines in the sand. The wooden structure on the sand is made of straight wooden planks which creates a stable structure.