Gymnopedie

This painting was based on music that I played on the piano about a year ago, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atejQh9cXWI , here's the link to the music if you want to listen to it. I know that most teenagers aren't into classical music, but just listen to it and see if you get a similar image in your head. I got the image of someone walking in autumn in the gray rainy streets, slowly talking steps in time with the rhythm. The wind blowing their hair back...
The puddle is extremely colorful and may remind you of another painting that I previously wrote about. I wanted to show rain in a positive and happy way. My art teacher pointed out that a diagonal composition of the puddle on the page creates a sense of moving forward, which was a helpful tip for doing some of my other paintings also. This is currently my favorite painting. I did it either in the beginning of 2012 or end of 2011, so it's pretty recent.