My Artsy Side – An Image & A Story
Having Art In My Heart
My definition of a doodle is extremely broad it seems. With that in mind I give you some line art and watercolor for today’s doodle. The inspiration was taken from a hillside view from my third visit to Mount Vernon, which was the homestead of our first president. If you don’t know who that was google it to have a history lesson you missed out on.
I kinda think that if there is a heaven for artists and doodlers this is probably what the stars would look like.
After decades of study on the subject, I have come to the conclusion that, for the most part, our religious documents are made up of what people dream heaven will be like. So, why can’t I dream that it will be like peoples’ greatest passions? This one is for artists, and for the ones whose primary passion is hate, it will be called HELL.
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The photo that inspired this doodle was of a unique bike rack I discovered in Louisville, Kentucky in 2010. Since our homestead was only a couple of hours away we made several long weekend trips to Louisville over the years. They have quite a few small museums there. I kinda like those types of museums better than those with Renoirs and millionaires’ names above the gallery doors.
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At first I thought this one was about all the plastic in the ocean. But since it is hurricane season the 100 mph winds came to mind. So, it became “Birds Aflight”.
I went deaf before closed captions were available, so when I watched TV, I used to make up my own story of what I was watching. Of course I was always wrong. In that vein, I will let you make up your own story for this one, but you will never be wrong on this one.
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. 😎
I guess I have to label this one “abstract”, but if you look closely you can see it.
I’m kinda proud of this one. I think the colors are near perfect and the composition certainly embraces the title. The original inspiration was from a photo I took while we were living in New Jersey.
I think this is the most unique/creative one so far…
I could subtitle this abstract doodle “My Mind At Rest.” It’s a state of mind I experience when I am working on my 1,000-piece picture puzzles. My mind is never blank, but this is about as close as it gets.😆
I visited the Salvador Dali museum in St. Petersburg in 2022. It was the last time I saw my brother. I was just starting my 4,000-mile final visit to the south and southwest U.S. One of my goals for the trip was to try to understand abstract art. Dali was one of the founding fathers of that genre.
I appreciated the atmosphere but was most enamored of the stairwells, as shown above. They just spoke to me.
I have been in a playful mood lately, or maybe you could call it infantile creative mood. I have been on a serious search for Artsy tools and so far have found ten good ones. This mosaic was made with one of them. I tried to clear my mind of anything of this world and just go crazy with my iPad pen. When I was done it looked like I was trying to draw a windmill. I have been watching House Hunters International quite a bit lately, so maybe that had something to do with it.
It was fun just completely letting go. I have got to do that more often.
