The Element of Line Presentation

Vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curved and zigzag lines, along with changes in length, width, texture and direction, are introduced in a short art presentation that ends with a black-and-white line design assignment.
Year levels
Years 7–10
File type
Microsoft PowerPoint
Editable
Yes

Updated Sep 26, 2026

Subject
Art, Creative Arts
Topic
Art Assignment, Elements of Art
Resource types
Presentations
Editable
Yes

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About this resource

As you introduce and review new topics with your art students, you may want to ensure that you have quality resources that will allow them to express their understanding of the concept. Art can be concrete and abstract simultaneously! Because of this, we want to assess mastery in the best ways we know how. We can do this when we present hands-on and engaging lessons and instruction to our students.

The Element of Line is an editable presentation that can be accessed through Microsoft or Google. It consists of 8 slides. The objective is for students to demonstrate their understanding of the elements of line through a given task.

The presentation breakdown:

Slide 2 – Lines. Description of types and variations of lines.

Slide 3 – Three images for line examples.

Slide 4 – Six images for line examples.

Slide 5 – Six images for line examples.

Slide 6 – Student assignment. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the element of lines by creating a design of their choice. As you are focusing on lines, and lines only, students will be creating these in black and white - like the example on the slide.

Slide 7 – Success criteria.

Slide 8 – Assignment rubric.

This is ideal for secondary school art students.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify the five basic line types and ways a line can vary

  • Create a design that uses at least three line types and three variations

Skills covered

  • Line variation — changing width, texture and direction to add interest to a design

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