Month: April 2022

Top 3 Useful iPad Apps For Painters
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Top 3 Useful iPad Apps For Painters

Top 3 Useful iPad Apps For Painters : 1. Art Set As its name suggests, this app is all about giving your iPad its very own art set. With this app you get a great range of art supplies, including paints, pastels, pens and pencils, as well as a variety of different paper types and colours to work on. You can even import your own photos and have them as a backdrop to work on. One of the great things about this app is the attention to detail: all of the paints and other supplies look and act very realistically. The graphics are of such a high quality that it's like having a genuine art set in front of you. You'll find this app easy to use - it's designed to be accessible to people of all skill levels, whether beginner or expert. This is a paid app with two versions: the basic one, which is ...
It’s Only Paint and Canvas
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It’s Only Paint and Canvas

It's Only Paint and Canvas : What is the true" market value" of a painting? How does a potential collector know that a fair price is being offered? After all, the price can be negotiated... It's not like a car, a stereo system, or a suit jacket that contains technical components and can be shopped between stores. It's only paint and canvas, right? Lines, colors, shapes, usually on a flat rectangular surface: that's how we most often define "a painting." As an objet d'art it has perceived value, both inside and out of the marketplace. Often paintings contain little or no moving parts. Precious metals may be employed, but not usually-it's simply canvas by-the-yard and pigment. The materials of which a painting is made today are not much different than they were thousands of years ago, w...
The Perfect Subject
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The Perfect Subject

The Perfect Subject : Is there such a thing-the "perfect" subject to paint-- on any given day? Like song-choice for a musician, the subject an artist chooses to paint carries his/her personality, abilities and message to the viewers who will see it. Possibilities abound: perhaps a 300-foot tumbling waterfall, the sun poised on a dramatic orange horizon, or that striking profile of a most beautiful model. What really makes for a "perfect" subject? Let's see what some other artists say on that "subject:" "The subject itself is no account; what matters is the way it is presented." (Raoul Dufy) "Content is more than 'subject matter.' It is all the feelings and ideas you bring to your painting." (Rene Huyghe) "There has to be that magical 'urge' and excitement to paint the subject, or ...
Is That Art Print Humble?
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Is That Art Print Humble?

Is That Art Print Humble? : Why on earth would the butterfly, once a caterpillar, want to become a 'worm'? The false disdain that many artists show today by not making their works available for prints is rooted in the shaky hierarchy established between the original and the print. Some have a tendency to believe that their original will lose its value, whereas it is the other way round. In my years as an art lover, critic and now curator, Van Gogh, Monet, Modigliani and Matisse (Oh Matisse!) would not be sitting around me had it not been for that one clever thing called a 'print'. Soon, the Bindu, at which I have looked reverently in many a place remembering SH Raza's soft voiced commentary, will reach my desk in perfect digital print one fine day for Rs 50, 000 and stay even long after...
How to Make Bass Guitar and Bass Drum Cut Through the Mix
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How to Make Bass Guitar and Bass Drum Cut Through the Mix

How to Make Bass Guitar and Bass Drum Cut Through the Mix : TECHNIQUE 1: COMPRESSION AND GATING. For bass, you can really squeeze the signal and still have the audio sound good and healthy. With a lot of compression you may bring up the level of unwanted noise at the parts the bass isn't playing, so remember to edit those parts out or use a gate to silence them. For the kick drum, especially with a live recorded drumset, you can really tighten it up with a gate. Try setting the ratio to 100:1, having a pretty short attack time and have a 200 millisecond release time. (It varies per song.) It's important to blend this once long decaying kick drum into the overhead mic(s) to have a natural drum sound and not to make the drums sound too gated and dead. After using a gate on my bass drum I...
Play and Record Like the Mixing Stage Doesn’t Exist and Get a Great Sound From All Your Instruments
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Play and Record Like the Mixing Stage Doesn’t Exist and Get a Great Sound From All Your Instruments

Play and Record Like the Mixing Stage Doesn't Exist and Get a Great Sound From All Your Instruments : I was recording a cover of Pink Floyd's "Breath" the other night with a few buddies of mine. I was on bass for this one. On verses of the song I wanted a really picky mid range sound on the bass, and then for the breakdown of each verse I wanted to have a smoother more low passy sound to the bass. On the first take, I just played the same way throughout the whole song and knew in my head that I was gonna just get the bass sound idea I had during the mixing stage. (The bass was DI'd straight into Pro Tools by the way) Great idea right?! No actually not really. When I processed the bass inside Pro Tools, I threw on an amp simulator. This alone felt a bit 'meh'. It felt kinda fake and l...
Songs With Classic Spoken Word Intros
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Songs With Classic Spoken Word Intros

Songs With Classic Spoken Word Intros : I had given it up as a lost art, much like another forgotten victim of commercialism in the world of entertainment. First it was advertising time that led to the disappearance of TV shows with catchy theme songs, such as classics like The Brady Bunch or Gilligan's Island or even less ancient series like Full House or Friends. Then apparently came the almost complete disappearance of songs with spoken word intros, which once were staples of popular music. Part of the charm that endures from Sixties groups like the Kingston Trio is the witty introductions to songs like "M.T.A." or even the serious preludes to ballads such as "Tom Dooley." Fortunately, a popular artist released an album in 2017, whose first song provides a spoken introduction....
Bluetooth, AirPlay and Play-Fi Audio Streaming
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Bluetooth, AirPlay and Play-Fi Audio Streaming

Bluetooth, AirPlay and Play-Fi Audio Streaming : One of the latest trends in home theater is streaming audio to your home theater receiver from your iOS or Android device. You can do this via an app and a Wi-Fi connection (AirPlay or Play-Fi), or via Bluetooth. But it's not that simple; there are a myriad of ways to get your audio from your phone or tablet to your speakers. I'll try to go over the main ways this is accomplished here, but ultimately you need to understand your needs and the pros and cons of each method. Wi-Fi Audio Streaming There are multiple ways for you to use your wireless home network to stream audio. You can opt for one of several proprietary formats or you can simply connect your laptop or PC to a network and use DLNA services to pull audio from your library. Whe...