Question

Explain in a few sentences how different lines and shapes can be manipulated to create a mood or feeling in a composition?

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Different lines and shapes can be manipulated to create a mood or feeling in composition because the author wants to project feelings and create emotions that can influence or impact the audience. Using shapes, lines, patterns, colors, and other elements of art, an author tries to express many sentiments and moods that move people in different ways, according to their own interpretation. Indeed, that is what art is for, to create different kinds of sensations for the people to enjoy.

Answer 2

Lines and shapes are part of the visual elements. Other elements are: colour, pattern, tone, form and texture. These elements serve as the construction blocks which artists used to generate artistic works. Lines are used to form drawings and when lines are made to cross one another they form shapes. An artist can create any mood or feeling he desires in his composition by manipulating the shapes to form the desired texture and form. Also, depending on the type of mood the artist want to create, different types of lines convey different expressive meaning.