A few weeks back I talked to you about going to the symphony, gestural drawings and the inspiration of the evening. I wanted to capture the feel of the night and decided to frame those drawings. How could I get them to reflect the feeling of that evening more that with a plain mat? My good pastel painting pal, Vanda suggested to pull it together by adding some sheet music. She always has great ideas and we seem so to spur each other into artistic action, now I had a direction! Next hurdle... find the sheet music. It took me quite a while to locate sheet music that was not copy written. (Though I doubt anyone can figure out the melody of the notes! But then I am not a musician....) With some advice from the symphony office, I found a website that provided the sheet music that is no longer copy write protected. (www.imslp.org) I would have loved to have used the exact music that I was listening to on the evening that I did the drawings but unfortunately that was not a possibility. The sheet music I found looked great, though and I thought everything was going to work out perfect... for about one minute... and I put the printed copy next to my drawing. There was no way to use it! Both drawing and music was screaming at each other trying to grab all the attention. Even though I was disappointed, by this time I was more determined than ever to use the music. I had to figure out how to incorporated it and make it work!!! After quite few hours of staring at the drawing and then staring at the sheet music, it occurred to me why not treat the music as a negative...this way the music will recede into the background. Then I could put further emphasis on the drawing by elevating the drawing 1/8th of an inch above the music. This time it worked! I am quite pleased with the results despite the fact that the time involved to get to the end point was way beyond a typical effort in framing!
You will be able to see these 3 drawings at the upcoming Marilyn, Linda and Friends Art Show and Sale at the Civic Center here in Cheyenne from March 1-30th, The Civic Center is open weekdays from 10AM to 5PM. There will be an reception on March 7th from 5:30 to 7pm. Come by and visit with me!
