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Expand Up @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ and :doc:`Axes <../axes/index>` are Artists, and generally contain


Creating Artists
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Usually we do not instantiate Artists directly, but rather use a plotting
method on `~.axes.Axes`. Some examples of plotting methods and the Artist
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Line2D(example)

Changing Artist properties
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Getting the ``lines`` object gives us access to all the properties of the
Line2D object. So if we want to change the *linewidth* after the fact, we can do so using `.Artist.set`.
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`.Line2D.set_color` or `.Line2D.set_linewidth`.

Changing Artist data
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

In addition to styling properties like *color* and *linewidth*, the Line2D
object has a *data* property. You can set the data after the line has been
Expand All @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ same line is shown evolving over time (see :doc:`../animations/index`)
lines[0].set_data([x, np.cos(x)])

Manually adding Artists
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Not all Artists have helper methods, or you may want to use a low-level method
for some reason. For example the `.patches.Circle` Artist does not have a
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See :ref:`artist_reference` for other patches.

Removing Artists
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Sometimes we want to remove an Artist from a figure without re-specifying the
whole figure from scratch. Most Artists have a usable *remove* method that
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