We present two simple and efficient methods for the directed deposition of micro- and nanoparticles into linear assemblies that can be used in biosensors and biomaterials. In capillary-guided deposition, the particles are assembled into one of three different structures, depending on the particle volume fraction and speed. The structures deposited vary from a connected series of arcs, to a pair of parallel lines with little material in between, to a single solid line. As contact line pinning is necessary for this technique, it works well at low contact angles of the substrates. The second method that we have developed is wedge-templated deposition. The particles convectively assemble at the three-phase contact line, but due to the high contact angle of the surface, the contact line does not pin, so the particles are pulled into a linear assembly against the wedge. For latex microsphere suspensions, the deposited lines can be long, narrow lines one or two particles wide, with a few breaks, or significantly wider and shorter but unbroken. For gold nanoparticles, the lines are thin and long, many particles wide, without any breaks. The methods will be used for engineered patterning of nanoparticle structures on surfaces.