28 November 2008

Musical Prodigy

To attain more than "drawing room standard", some piano teachers recommend intensive study of one note at a time. Hence students at the Nadler Conservatoire devote a minimum of three months to each note on the keyboard. The illustration shows the mono-tone piano about to play a G-string.
Ink and watercolour 25cm x 13cm. Click to enlarge.

12 comments:

Unknown said...

thats a bit like the sushi chef who must make rice for 7 years before they can even start on the fish cutting!

Lynne the Pencil said...

Gorgeous drawing and wonderfully silly.

Anonymous said...

I didn't see the string at first. With the forlorn stoop of the pianist, I saw the hammer overextending and striking him, like a self inflicted musical guillotine.

Catilustre said...

JAjajaja,
It is brilliant!!
Es buenísimo, la ilustración y el concepto! eh, sarcástico pero real REAL obsesiones inútiles en círculos cerrados :-)
À quoi bon faire?

Charlotte said...

thank you!

neilornstein said...

things are far too easy for ordinary musicians. This man has to work for every note and is properly appreciative in a Cagey sort of way.

Andrew W. Moir said...

The more I look at all your work the more I really like it. I like the way you shade with lines. Some of it looks to me a lot like early 20th century art. Lots and lots of great work. :)

Debra Keirce said...

What a fun piece! A little steam punk, a little cartoon - great illo!

Curious Art said...

In this case piano exercises would actually be good exercise! Now that music & gym classes are being cut mercilessly, every school should have one of these. Or rather 88.

illustrations by doni said...

i love your characters nose. the moodiness of the piece and your choice of color.

Anonymous said...

Nice Illo.

Did this take one day to do(*since the topic started today)

If so, you work fast ;)

Good job

Mattias Adolfsson said...

When it come to playing music one note is more then enough for me