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Modern Public Architecture
Monday, November 10th, 2008By Jeremy G. Presley
Modern architecture is all about the utopian. The solid and stolid monuments to the oppressive hierarchies of the past made way for light, clean lines and open, inviting spaces. Public spaces, in this line of reasoning, should be light as air but make themselves felt as art. Architecture is perhaps the perfect [...]
Learn How to Draw a Cityscape
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008By Annette Labedzki
Architectural drawings are absolutely a different ball game, as compared to normal sketches. It takes a brave attempt at capturing another person’s conception of space. However, having decided to draw a building, there are a few salient points that need to be borne in mind.
• Subject. One should have a very clear idea [...]
Pencil Drawing - The Best Painting Form to Start With
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008By Murtaza Habib
Colors are not necessary to make an efficient art; just a few sketches can give perfection to your work. Color just provides glamour to your paintings and you just need a paper and pencil to create a magnificent quality of art. Today many people have taken up the drawing hobby and it is [...]
Acrylic Painting - Tools For Acrylic Painting
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008By Murtaza Habib
Acrylic is a manufactured fiber derived from a polymer of colorless, flammable liquid. It is soft, resistant to wrinkles and shrinkage and has a property of drying up quickly. Acrylic paints can be used in high gloss or matte finishes. As with oils, the pigment amount and particle size can alter the paint [...]
Patriotic Music
Sunday, August 24th, 2008By Sturat Mitchel
Music has long been a powerful force in inspiring people and rousing their feelings to do something worthwhile, something huge, something constructive and even something patriotic. Music can be so influential that it can even influence itself, with a composition or a song being produced after being inspired from another composition or song.
One [...]
Drums, An Ancient Instrument That Rocks the Modern Music World
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008By Vin Hayes
I personally prefer the drums because of the loud and solid base they provide for a song. Without them, the song would sound washed out and dull. How many times have you listened to a hardcore rock song and head-banged to the beat of the drums? It’s what keeps the music afloat.
The drums [...]
First Inversion Chords
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008By John Aschenbrenner
You must first fully understand “root position” chords before you attempt to understand inversions. Inversions are based on a full knowledge of root position.
Read the essay on ROOT POSITION CHORDS if you haven’t already.
First of all, what is an “inversion?” It means, literally, “to turn upside down.”
Remember that in the root position chord, [...]