Exercise Abstract Illustration

For this I chose Beethoven and the piece was the 9th Symphony, a rather vibrant piece of music, good balance of speed and emotion.

I felt I could quickly apply chalk pastels better than any other medium and done this illustration in my A4 sketchbook.

My chosen word for this piece is 'Uplifting'.

Looking at the final edited crop I'm not actually sure if it would suite for a Beethoven cover but might suite Jazz better.