Reflection:

About two minutes in, I realised that this was a lot harder than I thought. Like, so much harder. The intricate detail is hard to reproduce when I don’t share the same vision as the original artist. And also when I’m not a good artist. As much as I tried to recreate the slightly sombre tone of the original, my hand just kept making bright things with a lot of movement. Because of that, halfway through, I decided to just make a new piece that shares the spirit of Jazz Musicians without trying too hard to actually be it.

I feel like I almost got the hang of it. I definitely would’ve practiced a lot more if I had the time. And although I feel a little sad that I couldn’t actually reproduce the work, I am content with my art. Hopefully the influence of Norman Lewis is shown, even though it really isn’t that good.