Lines and brushstrokes

There can be so much power in lines and brushstrokes. Whether it’s a digital or a real painted line, makes no difference to me. The emotion and feeling that a line or a firm brushstroke has is pure energy for me. I’ll always find inspiration and if I just tackle that line  I paint until the work has the appropriate energy. I try to tell, with the lines and brush strokes as possible, sometimes with as many lines and sometimes with minimal lines and brushstrokes. Dog Matze is an example as many brushstrokes. Done with painting on a I Pad, with a painting app. Dog Iggy is clearly an example where I work with minimal lines, the softness of the dog is in the use of soft thick lines. For this minimal style I use Illustrator a graphic vector software,

 

Dog Matze is almost one with the floor, his relaxed state is done with curved brush strokes
Dog Matze is almost one with the floor, his relaxed state is done with curved brush strokes
Dog Iggy has a soft personality, expressed with soft thick lines.
Dog Iggy has a soft personality, using soft thick lines expresses just that.