In the painting I'm doing for my art exam, there are two violins seen from the back. I've used mine for the first one, but I was thinking it might be more interesting if they didn't have exactly the same grain. So does anyone have a reasonable well-lit, high res photo of the back of their violin I could use please? you can rely on it being quite different to mine as mine's a one-piece with a very weird pattern to the grain!

Thanks.

Sorry I can't help you personally but it sounds like a very interesting project and I'd love to see the finished painting.

Would this do?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Violin_back.jpg

It doesn't seen to be very decorative though.

Perhaps this one

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:St...violin_back.jpg

There are quite a lot of images here!

Val

Hi Rosie - I've got a great photo of the back of a viola I own, if you want it? Drop me a pm and I can email it to you if you like.

Allan