Electronic painting of a brooding classical composer from the era of Mozart or Beethoven holding a pen nib to his mouth and wearing a powdered wig, ruffled collars, a cravat, and a red velvet coat.

Electronic painting of a brooding classical composer from the era of Mozart or Beethoven holding a pen nib to his mouth and wearing a powdered wig, ruffled collars, a cravat, and a red velvet coat. A transparent path of yellow, lacey paint covers the area of the composer’s eyes like a mask.

Electronic painting of a brooding classical composer from the era of Mozart or Beethoven holding a pen nib to his mouth and wearing a powdered wig, ruffled collars, a cravat, and a red velvet coat. An opaque path of yellow, lacey paint covers the area of the composer’s eyes, upon which are lettered the words, “Lil Sonata.”

Here’s three different versions of a picture made completely in Adobe Fresco, without any pre-drawing or sketches. People sometimes say composers were the rock stars of their times, but I recently saw a video combining clips from Barry Lyndon with the song “A Lot” by 21 Savage, which made me think, “What if composers were the rappers of their day?” And thus the title, “Lil Sonata.” Hmm, or were composers just the Ryan O’Neals of their day?