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dividedbyblue) wrote2025-05-11 12:28 am
dividedbyblue) wrote2025-05-11 12:28 am
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Do you like to draw/paint/… with music or in silence?
Three weeks for Dreamwidth: Do you like to draw/paint/… with music or in silence?
I work mostly with music. It happens very rarely that I work on a painting or drawing in total silence. An exception to this is often for brainstorming sessions, where any music tends to distract me when I’m trying to find ideas. Though this, too, isn’t absolute. On rare occasions, I can also put some music on.
When I draw, I tend to look for music that gives me a feeling of melancholy, as in that feeling, I find myself most creative and most attuned with the art I am making. Often it’s folk music (60s folk) that I put on, or instrumental dungeon synth - a relatively new genre but that’s still very much niche - medieval European music, ambient or game soundtracks like those composed by Jeremy Soule.
I tend to look for calm music. If I do put on something that deviates from that, it’s often indie rock from bands such as Sunset Rubdown or Helium.
I work mostly with music. It happens very rarely that I work on a painting or drawing in total silence. An exception to this is often for brainstorming sessions, where any music tends to distract me when I’m trying to find ideas. Though this, too, isn’t absolute. On rare occasions, I can also put some music on.
When I draw, I tend to look for music that gives me a feeling of melancholy, as in that feeling, I find myself most creative and most attuned with the art I am making. Often it’s folk music (60s folk) that I put on, or instrumental dungeon synth - a relatively new genre but that’s still very much niche - medieval European music, ambient or game soundtracks like those composed by Jeremy Soule.
I tend to look for calm music. If I do put on something that deviates from that, it’s often indie rock from bands such as Sunset Rubdown or Helium.