My Line Art – My Artsy Side – An Image & A Story

LA6 – Water Lilies

My wife was in charge of the flower beds and I commanded the veggie gardens. And never the twain shall meet. We each kept to our assigned domains. These water lilies were planted outside after Easter.

I had almost given up on the idea of Line Art and especially its Essence. It was just dragging me down, but like many of the challenges I have faced, I decided to fight back. I know that this is kinda crude, but I will get better. It just takes practice.

The jerkiness of the pen will disappear and my determination to find the “essence” from each photo I choose will improve.

I just won’t give up

Simplicity – Getting to the Essence of what you see.

My Line Art

I am learning everyday now just what simplicity is all about. For some reason I have been attracted to that word all my life. In fact I have numerous placards around my RetCom apartment as I write these words.

What presently brought this word to the surface of my mind is my decision to focus on line art as my artsy project for 2026. To me, getting to the essence of what I see is the ultimate challenge in my artsy world, but maybe the hardest part is then putting that essence in an artsy form. Accomplishing that is difficult, but once I learn it I believe I will truly understand what simplicity is all about.

Line art is the oldest form of art. It was discovered about 75,000 years ago in the form of images of life in cave-dwelling walls.

Since I am an “elder orphan”, I spent all of yesterday studying what line art is all about. Unfortunately, I have not been able to yet learn as much as I want. But, since

Never Stop Learning

is part of my life mantra, I will not give up this new project.

LA2 – 1st Serious Attempt

My Line Art

I’m not sure just when I did this line art drawing. I think it was in 2024. It took several hours to complete. After it was done I guess I let it fall through the cracks so to speak. Or maybe it was just lying in the embers in the back of my mind waiting to get resurrected.

Now its time has come. I have decided to make line art my official project for 2026. So you will see more coming soon. I am currently studying various artists to see what they can teach me concerning line art. Matisse and Picasso are at the top of the list right now. It is not in my nature to “copy” them but I maybe want to use some of their methods in creating my own style of line art. We will see.

LA1 – I Give You Line Art

My Line Art

I give you my first serious attempt at Line Art. I have struggled for the last couple of months with how to approach this new artsy project. But, in a recent Sunday morning shower, it all came to me in a flash. For some reason many of my epiphanies occur during Sunday morning showers. I don’t know why, but I am certainly grateful for that fact.

I look forward to giving you regular doses of Line Art in the coming year. I hope you are up to it. 😎