Synesthesia the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body.

Neighborhood At Night Camille Roman “When I am doing one of my romantic paintings, I listen to love songs or mood maker songs by Enrique Iglesias, Michael Buble, Robin Thicke or even country songs by Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw or Trace Atkins. I mean c'mon....what woman wouldn't be romantically inspired by at least one of they guys?”

Composition Eight Wassily Kandinsky “Kandinsky had synesthesia and was greatly inspired by the music of Arthur Schönberg”

Music, Pink And Blue No. 2 Georgia O’Keeffe “[O’Keeffe] painted a series of abstract paintings using “the idea that music could be translated into something for the eye,” 

Convergence Jackson Pollock He would dance over huge canvasses while listening to jazz, drizzling paint To finalize his composition, he would trim the canvas down to a much smaller size

Skinny Love Jeremyville Commissioned poster specifically for Bon Iver’s song “Skinny Love”

All The Colors Mix Together To Grey Jennie Drummond Inspired by “Grey Street” by the Dave Matthews Band Mediums: Watercolor, colored pencil

We Won’t Be Leaving By The Same Road That We Came By Jennie Drummond Inspired by a Keane concert she attended Mediums: Acrylic, colored pencil

You Crush Me Jennie Drummond Inspired by “Crush” by the Dave Matthews Band Mediums: Watercolor, ink

Are We Out Of The Woods Yet Jennie Drummond Inspired by “Out Of The Woods” by Taylor Swift Mediums: Watercolor, colored pencil, ink, acrylic

Your Assignment Your final project will be inspired by music, but you cannot use any words to convey which song or artist you’ve chosen to represent. Create four sketches, and get Drummond’s approval. You must use two different mediums that you have learned this semester and integrate them cohesively. Show me what you know, and what you know well. On the back of your piece, write the song or artist that you have based your piece off of. Minimum size of 9” x 12”