Sexy Lines

In my college lithography class, I had a classmate who had...let's say an "interesting" personality, and a very different style of art, but his passion for drawing was sincere, and I admired him for that.

We were all sitting on the hard, wobbly, broken-legged stools that seem to grace every studio classroom, while we hunched over the concrete tables, sketching ideas for our next prints.

My classmate was leaning over his tiny, spiral bound sketchbook with a black ball-point pen, quickly yet carefully drawing a single, curved line down the middle of the page.

"That is a sexy line!" He says, looking immensely pleased and excited.

We all glance at the simple curve, and I start to chuckle to myself, but all of us at that table knew exactly how he felt.

Maybe it's just an art-major thing, but anyone who studied art and/or art history can probably picture just such a "sexy" line. It is not the same curve, shape, thickness, or length for every person, but we can all see it in our heads, can't we?

It has been a couple of years since this happened, but I was thinking about it the other day and laughing to myself as I was drawing my latest zentangle coloring page for my Etsy shop: DJPenscript.etsy.com.

Some lines and shapes and curves really are sexy. Not "sexy" in a sexual way, but "sexy" as in: attractive, beautiful, inspiring, and feel-good.

I believe that we as humans are always subconsciously searching for sexy lines. That's why we are attracted to certain animals and fruits and photographs and cars...and everything else.

We as artists are just able to see them a little more clearly. We hunt them, find them, create them.

I wish you all find a sexy line today.

By the way, I think owls, especially barn owls, are full of sexy lines! Just look at those feathers and eyes! Tigers will be coming soon...