Do you listen/talk while you paint?

[Denise Hall]

Listening to music helps me paint better - I am convinced!

I listen to NPR classical when they are playing chamber music (no big orchestration numbers because they make me paint too fast) and tapes I have made of a local NPR Sunday night Jazz show (Tom the Jazz Man) as well as Thistle and Shamrock.

I have to have something playing, mostly jazz. Miles Davis is great to listen to while you paint; also Anuna, the Riverdance famed singing minstrels. All great to paint with! I listen to many other jazz vocalists, mostly women like Sarah Vaughn or Nora Jones.

I do not listen to any sort of rock (which I love) or talk shows; for the same reason Michelle mentioned; takes too much concentration away from my painting (which needs all it can get!)

If someone comes in, I have to stop painting or make big mistakes!