A sure line

There is a term in art that is “a sure line”. When you say an artist has a sure line it means a line drawn with such confidence that you can feel it.
Most lines are not sure lines but when ones comes along it is the greatest line and the whole painting hangs on it.
The energy from a sure line is infused with a whole lifetime of learning.
You eye will go to the sure line the first instant it hits the canvas.
The line will be drawn with more than you had before you drew it.
It is easy to mistake a sure line for a bold line but when you see them side by side the sure line is obvious.
Sometimes you don’t need much else to finish the painting.
To paint a sure line you cannot have any awareness of yourself, The line must come out of you but you can’t be in the way. Things done without thinking about it too long are alway the greatest gifts.
An old saying is ” An artist is a person who knows when to stoop painting”
You can’t overanalyze things or it will stop breathing.
A sure line is the total breath of every painting.
The insert is an example of a sure line that is pretty obvious. You can feel it breath.