My idea for a painting lesson was inspired by the artist Melissa McCracken. She has a neurological condition called chromesthesia which causes her to see colors in relation to music. As part of our instrument unit, students will already have chosen an instrument to research how it is made, musicians who have played that instrument, and found a piece of music featuring that instrument. Students will be asked to choose or make a color that best represents the timbre of that instrument. For example, the flute sounds happy and light so I might choose the color yellow. Each student will get their own piece of paper to start blending different mixtures of their color to match different timbres. When the flute plays it’s lower tones it is dull and open, so that yellow might be pale, but the higher notes might be a deeper egg yolk yellow. Materials needed are: paint, paper, music, tables, brushes, and mixing plates.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyxq73/melissa-mccracken-synesthesia-painter-interview
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