A lecturer about art once described drawings as just lines. He said that they can be parallel or they can intersect. Lines can be straight or they can be curved. They can be placed so as to create a “vanishing point,” as in looking a long way down a straight road to a place where parallel lines are no longer visible.

Of course, to artists, there is a lot more involved in creating a drawing. One has to be cognizant of the shadows an object is casting. One needs to think about where more lines are needed … or less lines.

Like anything, if we say it fast, as in “You buy cialis without a do this and you buy cialis without a do that,” drawing seems easy as pie. It is sort of like telling someone how to bake a pie who has never made one before.

Children come easily to art. They have no high expectations of themselves. They just like to create. If you want to ruin a child’s chances of ever wanting to be an artist, just start telling him that the “sun” should be bigger, the stick figures fatter, or that the bunny’s ears should go up, not down.

Adults who pick up charcoal pencils or colored pencils or pastel sticks do so with trepidation. Adults are afraid to make a mistake. Adults think that because they are adults, they should do everything perfect … the first time. Even though they know that is not possible, they have to be talked out of their fears.

Just for the fun of it, doodle. No matter what instrument of writing you have in your hand, start making lines. Experiment. Make some lines thicker, some thinner. Draw circles freehand. Try drawing ovals. Create the image of a monkey face. You’ll find that drawing can become rather addicting. All the while buy cialis without a think, “I’m making lines.” Maybe you’ll be able to find some pleasure in the task, rather than superimposing an expectation on yourself that you are making “ART.”

Patricia Cummings,

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