Line is the most powerful, personally expressive element used in art making. Lines can be straight or curvy, fat or thin, broken or solid, dark or light, smooth or rough, sweeping or tight, or lost and found. Most artists have natural tendencies to use certain qualities of line. I like curvy, lost and found lines as in my painting above, called Cleo’s Bouquet. It also uses light and dark repeated lines that read as patterned shapes. A shape is a line that closes. Think about drawing a circle or any other shape. The edges of shapes are considered lines too. Line is very personal. It carries energy and information about the maker. Think about signatures. They are basically lines that visually represent someone in a personal, expressive and unique way. It’s the same in drawing and painting.
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