MUSICAL MASTERPIECES
Some people do...
Many artist have tired to creatively represent sound with art.
Mostly is is done with LINE, SHAPE, and COLOR.
Russian-born painter Wassily Kandinsky is widely believed to have experienced chromosthesia, a rare form of synesthesia where sound and color are cross-wired in the brain.
ABOVE: what WK listened to and painted.
Wassily Kandinsky
Stuart Davis
Pablo Picasso
What do you notice all of these artist have in common
when they all try to represent sound with sight?
COMMON STYLE THEMES-
Abstract-
uses color, shape, form, and gestural marks to create visual compositions independent
of real-world visual objects
Collage-
Sticking paper/prints to the art surface
Color-
Representing feelings of the music with a variety of color.
Musical Movement-
Repetition of lines, flowing lines that feel like "ribbon".
CRITERIA-
-Create a BACKGROUND
on 12 by 18 paper (white or colored)
fill background using rhythm, movement, and harmony (principles of art )
WITH lines, shapes, and colors (elements of art)
You can use whatever materials are available (marker, colored pencil, crayon)
-Include 1 or more MUSICAL INSTRUMENT in your piece.
They can be ABSTRACT or REALISTIC.
They can be glued on from another piece of paper on top of your backgrounds,
or mixed within your background.
- COLLAGE
glue in music sheet paper pieces of magazine pieces as part of your art.
You could also include letters or words from magazines
(like Stuart Davis or Pablo Picasso).
INSPIRED by MUSIC-
Listen to your own music when you draw.
or
Listen to our SOUND OF THE SWARM
Wateh 2026 STATE BAND LIVE on Wednesday.
REFERENCE of INSTRUMENTS
Related Lesson on the Lost Sock Blog
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