This entry was originally posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Grand
Prismatic Pool
25x40"
Earlier this year I wrote a post suggesting that music should be listened to while painting.
In
the past few posts I have discussed the influence that music can have on your
painting and the concept of synaesthesia.
Although
Kandinsky painted music in an abstract form, the mood that music creates can
affect more realistic paintings as well.
When
thinking about your painting, perhaps choosing a theme song or genre of music
will help you capture a mood easier.
For
instance, in the painting of the Grand
Prismatic Pool pictured
above, I knew that I wanted an epic painting to portray how grand and epic
I
was also painting a much larger painting than I usually do.
Knowing
this, I purposely listened to epic music (Immediate Music). It is the kind that
is played for movies and makes you feel like a superhero. I chose to listen to
only this genre of music while painting it.
I
even listened to this music while thinking about it.
I
like to think it worked.
A
student recently told me she wants her paintings to feel like Michael Buble
songs.
Was
she listening to Michael Buble while she painted?
No.
Not yet.
But
I have a feeling her paintings will have more of the feel of his music once she
listens to him while painting.
Then
her painting will have a theme song to be heard by those who see it.
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