The above portrait "Stravinsky" by Pablo Picasso, is a good example of the term implied line. Artists create an implied line by only drawing fragments of a line by picking up their pencil and continuing the line later allowing the viewer of the piece of art to create the lines with their own imagination. In the above portrait, Picasso only draws partial lines in the mans jaw line, hand and jacket. By drawing implied lines, this gives viewers enough context to understand what has been drawn.
The above drawing is from Egon Schiele titled "Mutter mit Kind" demonstrates contour line.
Here Schiele drew the contour or outer edges of the mother and her child leaving an outline of their shapes. Viewers can see the general form and shape of the picture but the artists does not give as many details.
Victor Vasarely's piece "Tower" is a good example of positive and negative space. The positive space in this image are the zebras as they are the main subjects of the piece. The negative space is the black area all encompassing of the subjects.
Perugino's portrait titled "Delivery of the Keys" above shows how an artist uses one point linear perspective. Artists use this technique to give depth and added dimension to an otherwise flat painting. Above, the one point where all the lines seem to converge is the building in the background of the picture, specifically, the door.
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