10th July

"A painter paints pictures on canvas, but musicians paint their pictures on silence."
—Leopold Stokowski (British conductor of Polish and Irish, 18 April 1882 - 13 September 1977)

A little cute girl, whose name is unknown, playing violin in performance.

This was drawn basing on a photo by observation, so all credits go respectively to the original source of photograph. Another note is I didn’t trace the photo as well, starting from a complete scratch.

The focus is still on realism, in which I barely have any interest to be honest, for the sole purpose is to deepen the understanding on the value and enhance the coordination between eyes and hand. I forced myself to go further by drawing an upper body along with hands grabbing something complicated, thus I chose violin musician for the practice. Whenever I think about music, I somehow always imagine a girl playing violin in the centre of theatre, being watched by none but atmosphere itself. A beautiful and colourful dark background surrounded the girl, together with glowing white floor beneath her feet, creating a harmonious contrast. The invisible music made it much mysterious and rich.

One day, one day I will be able to draw and colourize what’s been in my mind about music. Despite my disability of hearing, or impaired hearing, I still sometimes find music is something to hear. I don’t really understand the sound itself, but to each melody it plays, it seemingly gives a different sensation.

So, it is also another world.