Diamine Vivaldi

[Yazeh]

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The hardest part of the drawing was incorporating the cat and mouse theme in the railing on the bridge
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I totally missed that — thanks for pointing it out! (The detail in your work is always so rewarding.)

It's normal. I made a mess of the painting with those haphazard washes.
Originally, I planned to have a Persian cat Bach playing the Harpsichord in a lopsided gondola with a mouse Vivaldi violin at the other end.
Sort of a nod to the historical link between the two composers.
After Bach was rediscovered and promoted by Mendelssohn in the 19th century, people were intrigued by who that Vivaldi dude was that Bach had transcribed his concerti.
But by then I had enough of bewigged musicians

[LizEF]

But by then I had enough of bewigged musicians