continuous line

Mark without lifting

A continuous line is a line drawn without lifting the pen or pencil from the paper.

In art, continuous line drawing is a technique where the artist creates an image in one unbroken stroke, often producing fluid, expressive results: She sketched his portrait in a single continuous line.

The constraint forces focus on observation rather than correction.

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sine wave · drawing · contour · seamless · path · trace · gesture · steady hand · smooth · fluid · pen · ink · sketch · thread · ribbon · endless · never ending · stream

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visual continuity

continuous linebroken line

Segmented linear marking

dashed line · dotted line

temporal/procedural continuity

continuous linehatching

Emergence from an egg

cross-hatching

Family

continuous, continue, continual, continually, continuously, continuity, continuation, discontinue, discontinuous

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