It’s been a long time since I’ve drawn! Trying a completely different technique and this went places; at first her face was too ashen and she reminded me of a vampire. I warmed up the skin a bit but mainly this was just an experiment of making some gold highlights pop.
Gotta get more ideas for drawing!!!
Wooow! This has been my favourite concert so far this year! I remember when I first heard Brahms’ violin concerto, I was like, it’s nice. But then the more I listened to it the more it grew on me and got stuck in my head quite often too.
And my goodness, seeing it performed in real life is nothing like hearing a recording on trashy computer speakers! There is so much more definition when the entire orchestra is in front of you! And so many things I didn’t know – I am actually so bad at explaining this but in the third movement, I didn’t realise there was a bit where the first violins actually don’t play a few notes that I thought they did! They alternated with another section but I was totally clueless haha.
The other thing about having listened to it only when doing other things was that I had no idea there was a cadenza and I was like, where is this? Am I supposed to know what this part is?
I really need to keep listening and studying so that I actually understand what’s going on!
I finally found a Zero Japan teapot at the shops and decided to buy it! What a lovely pink colour and I love the way the spout pours! Although I’ve noticed that the angle at which I need to pour is a lot less steep than my current teapot; I am currently spilling tea through the top rather than just getting all the liquid out from the spout, so I have to refine my technique!
Another concert! I’m really enjoying all this culture stuff!
This time it was Mahler 8, and I had no idea it’d have so many vocals; I’m so ignorant! It turned out to be absolutely fantastic though, the choirs (yes, there was more than one!) were amazing, and the soloist singers just had the most amazing projection!
It was also epic in that there were two harps, why would any symphony require two harps lol.
I think I’ll definitely keep an eye out for more riveting performances next year, I still have some to go for the rest of this year!
Short post! My lemon plant is going crazy again!!
Can I get more than 5 lemons this time? Let’s find out next year!!!
