The Conveyance of Musical InstinctIn-Progress Photos
ReflectionI began this painting in a different manner of my first piece, I didn't have a vivid recollection of a dream that I had for inspiration. Instead, I wanted to convey the idea of being passionate about a certain activity, to the point where you have an inner-conflict to decide whether or not pursuing such passion should be your life-long career. I wanted this conflict to be illustrated in a way that was dream-like (as in making the painting feel slightly abstract, with bright colors and unnatural phenomena). I first made a digital sketch on my phone, but then created two more quick sketches on paper to change the composition of the piano. After finishing these simple sketches, I felt stuck as I couldn't figure out what else to plan for this piece, so I just began painting on my canvas.
I started out by applying pink and purple acrylic paint to the canvas in random strokes to experiment with the lighting layout of this piece. I then began to add a curvy, musical staff and began to draw the lines within such staff. Next, I placed a slanted piano on the left side of the canvas, attempting to give the piano depth. With the piano and staff now on the canvas, I began to place irregular lines, transitioning into musical notes in a "path". I soon realized that I needed to take a break to decide where I wanted this "path" to lead, what colors I should add, and what should the foreground and background include. I then resumed by adding pink and yellow highlights/outlines to some of the musical notes and irregular lines, but this felt odd, so spontaneously began painting with blue all over the "open space" on the canvas. This blue paint, now on the canvas, gave me the idea to make the foreground a body of water, and to incorporate elements that would be found in nature. I continued painting in blue, eventually adding a faint shape of a waterfall, and then decided I would add a mountain-like, slanted landform off of the waterfall. I put some pink paints on my brushes and just painted with whatever colors felt right in the moment, until I realized that could specifically use a fan brush and create interesting textures. I began to paint rapidly with this brush, pulling from all colors on the color wheel; this was when I began to enjoy the look and feeling of this piece. I added a second staff above the piano, illustrating it in a way as if the staff lines were vines or the branches of a fictional, overgrown tree. I continued to add all types of colors (i.e. yellows, teal, greens, pinks, whites, reds, blues, purples, browns) with the fan brush, stopping once I felt it was reading to re-paint the color of the staff above the piano to make it stand out more. I concluded my painting process by adding additional branches/staff lines spouting off of the two staffs in the foreground, and added a few faint musical notes in the fashion of tree branches. Now that this piece is done, I am very pleased with how its look evolved. Originally, I though that this would be a very minimalistic yet still meaningful piece. Instead, it became one of an abundance of natural elements and color. Although I am satisfied overall, I plan on revising this piece to add bit more detail (i.e. flowers) to the surface of the piano and some of the staff lines, to accentuate the feeling of this piece.
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AuthorHi there, I'm Ashley and I love all mediums in which I can express my fascinations and emotions. Whether it be painting, music production, apparel production, 3-D modeling, drawing, or writing, I just adore creativity's endless possibilities. I am currently taking Apparel Production II Honors and AP 3-D Art while I work with music production and 3-D modeling outside of class. ArchivesCategories |