what moves you?

One symphony (or a dozen) is all I'm asking for....

I bet you (Es, who are you talking to??! hahaha) love (for lack of a better general description) "classical" music. No, no. Don't disagree (and don't try and find someone who doesn't if you don't disagree). Here's a mini-schooling. . .

Free of charge:

I (and you should, too) ♥ .....BACH (Yo Yo Ma is truly an artist. You're not into string? Download Cello Suite No. 1 and see if you change your mind), ROSSINI (albeit he does sing this as a bird, Robin Williams is awesome), TCHAIKOVSKY (V conducts it best), RACHMANINOV (Bill Murry has enough time to master it in that movie no one but me liked), MUSSORGSKY (Scared me to death as a child in Fantasia), BEETHOVAN (gotta love Schroeder), MOZART (the music lock in Willy Wonka ♥), DEBUSSY (I'm a sucker for a vampire that can play the piano. lol. yeah... I went there), WAGNER ("kill the wabbit" always makes me smile), COPLAND (beef! this was one of my favorites to play), LISZT (daffy vs. donald. lol), and not last or least BOCCHERINI (for some good ol' quartet music).

So.. for my next project, I won't be creating anything new. Instead I'll be recreating Bach's Prelude. . .on my violin.

Whhaaa???
Yeah, I've got one.

You could hardly say that I play since I haven't in years..

I downloaded the sheet music....

Oh crap.

Well, maybe I could work on multiple projects at once? lol
That way if this one doesn't get finished for, let's say, a year from now, then at least I can still work on other projects...

Maybe I should leave the regurgitation of a quick-tempo piece like this for the music majors.

I could paint a pretty picture or how I feel about it though. haha!

I'll attempt it never-the-less..

Looks like fun ♥
I'll let you know...

longest 36 hours ever

I've gone all summer (July) without a scrap bit of news (blogging)!

Aww... don't be that girl

Sometime you've just got to break for your own birthday.

So... on to the current project. (Well, it's finished now)

Needlepoint Canvas Template Painting (it's a mouthful)

After 24 cumulative hours of work I'd done a lot of layout and planning..

and I'd gotten this far with the paint...

And then I was sent back to the drawing board to add a whole lot more stuff.. I didn't take progress pictures. I was too focused on painting ...stuff. My nose was stationed no more than 5 inches from the canvas the whole time (apart from the times I paused to take a step back and make sure it was turning out ok). Not the most enjoyable job but I definitely learned alot. He's a couple close up shots and the finished product. Enjoy.

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And my final result is the longest 36 hours of my life......... (but as long as my client is satisfied)

It's definitely "crowded" as requested. I'm waiting for feedback....