I am currently working on a commission for a family at church and am very excited about it! They gave me the theme of "classical music," telling me that their daughters play a violin and cello, as well as piano. So, I looked around for some ideas, and decided to do a sweet piece with 6 6"x6" charcoal drawings, using the same techniques I used on
my maternity drawings. I wanted to show you some of the pictures I took that I have to choose from to include in the piece. What do you think?
The Cello:
The Violin:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQlk9XhH615TpuixI5IoRXeg2eGCI3wbaK90Ato9fAAqJrwRItIYkoGVyg7PiTLr9wkZ4zYbIPIbbADtiPRuTUEDYTLDOIXTMx-PhmP23JMT1xhEp1k0sZr1EFNGTWv0IwXJXbAHLjOY/s200/Piano+Key.JPG)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1gplXHSV_BytMD14f0mhv7lGu_JRdU9uJMQqAGv4dnO-RsvNGQkTGXhfXekBBEK4G4fv7ncfMZwH5dTtTovxi90H-MZh9fpSb6FunE5N5F88J7nPjZsmKwmQz4lDOH1pbzeX6XxAsP8/s200/Piano+Hammer.JPG)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbfKdmxazwwJabMhHkI93ew_E7RAtwbRHuOLWi3vNzksOMJtIjuhaK5craTH_sgHCt7my4HAmnlnzaSJL7wNRiRtcsGIrHBzjepACNtIvVVV7TykmtohL2S3Ti8e-S3-VsZDz0tPMWig/s200/Piano+Keys.JPG)
Unfortunately my reference photos for the piano haven't been very good, so I still need to take some more, give myself some more options. I find that taking my own photos eliminates any need to obtain permission or copyright, plus it's a ton of fun! I am not much of a photographer so it's a slight gamble, but well worth it in the end.