Lesson 97 of 100 · Lines and Marks

⭐ 30 XP✏️ Sketch Studio

Types of Lines Exploration (Part 49)

🎨Studio Brief #97

Lines come in many varieties: straight, curved, zigzag, wavy, thick, thin, broken, and dotted.

🎯 Your mission

Draw it slow. Then draw it again, faster.

⚡ The twist

No erasing. Mistakes become part of the drawing.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Drawing the same thing twice usually makes the second one better — and the third one weirder.

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Artist Spotlight

🎨 Leonardo da Vinci filled 13,000+ pages of sketchbooks — most just curious doodles.

Practice line variety in this art lesson: types of lines exploration (part 49).

What You'll Learn

Lines come in many varieties: straight, curved, zigzag, wavy, thick, thin, broken, and dotted. Each type of line expresses a different feeling and creates different effects.

Techniques You'll Practice

line varietyexpressive linemark-making

Materials Needed

Construction paperGlue stick

Step-by-Step Guide

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Where you see this in real life

Every comic, animation, and architecture started with a quick sketch.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Draw the same object three times this week — once a day, slower each time.

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For the dinner table

“Show me your sketch. What's the part you'd do differently next time?”

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