Serenade me gently.
Sing to me dearly.
Let the world know of your wonderful sound.
Let the angels sing with the music you have found.
I focused on technique today and aimed for finer pencil strokes and color. This took me an hour to complete since I was being careful on each lines I draw. The hardest part there is the strings of the violin. I didn’t use any lifting technique. I just avoided not to color on the white part of the strings and then just added some gray for the string’s shade. The body of the violin is composed of a lot of colors. I used some shades of oranges and browns to get almost how the violin actually looks like.
I hope you like it. Have a great day! 😀
~ Melonaide
Melonaide's - 30 Minute Art 
Love it!
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Thanks! 😀
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I love it too!
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Thanks too! 😀
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Marvelous, sweet Mel–I love it!!! God bless you abundantly today. I wonder if you’d mind if I adopt you (unofficially)? love, “Auntie” Caddo
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Yeah sure “Auntie Caddo”, you can adopt me (unofficially) so that I can be your unofficial daughter. Haha. 😀
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You did a great work with the wood grain!
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Thanks! Colored pencils looked naturally grainy, so I guess that helped. 😀
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I love it! It”s beautiful, Mel!
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Thanks Cha! 😀
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This drawing really speaks to me. I took violin lessons for many years and while I never was very good, the lines and sound of a violin are still so beautiful to me. Thanks for bringing that back to me today. 🙂
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Then maybe the violin is waiting for you to play! That violin belongs to my brother, he teaches violin lessons. 🙂
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So beautiful. 🙂
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Thanks Hanneke! 🙂
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when the music sweet does play..know that I’m not far away…lyrics from a song by Cape Bretoners Bruce Guthro and Natalie MacMaster. That is what i thought when i saw this today! It is a song that brings my father back to me every time i hear it. He passed about 17 years ago and each time I play, my kids play, or I see a violin..that is what I think about! Listen to the song Mel and thank you for this gift today!
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That is a sweet and lovely song…no wonder it’ll make you remind of your father. Nice message too, the violin plays like it is weeping! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Well worth the time. Lovely!
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Thanks! 🙂
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This is beautiful! As a detail-oriented person, I truly appreciate your attention to detail. Great job!
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I love paying attention to details too, I may ignore some mistakes though whenever I am trying to accomplish my art at exactly 30 mins. 😀
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Given how meticulous you are, you’d probably be good at the violin. 🙂
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I’m not much of a fan of its strikingly high pitched sound..but I do love it when an expert plays the violin especially when matched up with another instrument like piano, guitar or cello. I would love to try playing a harp though if given the chance. It’s not available in my place. 😀
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Yeah, violin can be a bit tough by itself. Harp would be awesome.
Not quite related, but I have a life goal of learning to play the glass harp really well…
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Glass harp..and I was surprised to see that they are literally made of glasses! Very nice sound…I can almost fell asleep listening to it! 😀
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I know! I love how the sound rings, but has this really slight edge to it, as well. I have no idea where you learn how to play something like this.
And if you’re really crazy, you learn something like this:
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If I’m not mistaken, they self-studied on that. Each glass represents a note. So, just by tapping on the correct notes we can play any piece on any instrument (the basic at least). But the hardest part I think there is tuning the glass harp and keeping the notes sound the same. If it is stored here in our place, I’m sure the water will evaporate easily. lol
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Haha, yeah, tuning that music be an absolute pain. Not sure if I have the patience to learn that…
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