Famous Art, Artist Quotes

"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together."
-John Ruskin-


Designer and free lance artists and editors can set hourly rate by dividing their anual income needs by 1000.
-Mike Rider-

Abstract art is uniquely modern.  It is a fundamentally romantic response to modern life -rebellious, individualistic, unconventional, sensitive, irritable.
-Robert Motherwell-

"As an artist grow older, he has to fight disillusionment and learn to establish the same relation to nature as an adult as he had when child."
-Charles Burchfield-

"I always suspect an artist who is successful before he is dead."
-John Murray Gibbon-

 "The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from words. The meaning comes later."
-Joan Miro-

new update from Davis Cup

game result: From First Round March 4-6, 2011

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Some  Facts about Davis Cup.,, Did you know that it began in 1900 as a competition between USA and Great Britain? and its now the worlds largest yearly international team competition in sports.  The Idea came from a four members of the Harvard University tennis team, one of the four players, where Dwight Davis, who conceptualize the tournament format and the one who buy the trophy with his own money. The tournament was originally known as International Lawn Tennis Challenge, but later known today as Davis Cup after Davis's trophy.

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Tennis Club around the Globe.#3

Shared photos:  6 photos from San Jose Tamaraw Tennis Club (Mindoro,Philippines)

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Daily Tennis Qoutes Pete Sampras Edition

"I am going to hold serve the majority of the time.  It is nice to have a little time to return serve."
--Pete Sampras--

"I let my racket do the talking.  That's what I am all about, really.  I just go out and win tennis matches."
--Pete Sampras--

"For as long people have just taken what I do for granted.  It is not easy to do year-in, year out, to win the Grand Slams and be No. 1"
--Pete Sampras--

"There's always one shot that I can rely on when I'm not hitting the ball that well, is my serve."
--Pete Sampras--

"The difference of great player's is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it.  Lesser player's play great for a set, but then less."
--Pete Sampras--

Tennis Club Pictures around the Globe

Submitted Club Picture:

SMTC Club Trainer

  

Exhibition game at SMTC Tennis Club

SMTC members with Johnny Arcilla and PJ Tierro of the Philippine Pro Circuit.

Ralph Kevin Barte Philippines Top 5 player with Club members.

Picture's From SMTC (Santa Maria Tennis Club) 

Location: Santa Maria Bulacan, Philippines

Daily Art Qoute's Artist Edition

"A painting that is well composed is half finished." --Pierre Bonnard--

"A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds."  --Henry Moore--

"An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one."  --Charles Horton Cooley"

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
--Henry Ward Beecher--

"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together."
--John Ruskin--

"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary." --Pablo Picasso--

"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
--William Faulkner--

"When I think of art I think of beauty.  Beauty is the mystery of life.  It is not in the eye it is in the mind.  In our minds there is awareness of perfection."
--Agnes Martin--

Daily Tennis Qoutes Agassi edition.

"If you don't practice you don't deserve to win."  ---Andrei Agassi---

"I think on of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to.... It's whole different lens you look through the older you get."
---Andrei Agassi---

" Some times it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want.  The present other challenges.  Then sometimes it all comes together.
---Andrei Agassi---

"First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I was't the winner, tennis was. That's awesome.  I don't know if I've ever felt so good here before."
---Andrei Agassi---

"I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby.  I just think genetics are in my favor."
---Andrei Agassi---

"I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.
---Andrei Agassi---

Serve and Volley Tips...

Serve and Volley 
-is the signature game play of tennis legend Pete Sampras well know for a massive twist serve and powerful volley, this style of game play can put your opponent pace into defensive state where you can control and quicken the pace of the game, here area some tips to adopt this kind of playing.

First you have to geared-up for your first serve this is the key, for you to be able to execute serve and volley effectively, poorly done serve means a massive return and leave you defensively... OK let us say you mastered our twist serve, next thing to do is to approach the net, by following your serve down to the center of the tennis court near the net Keep in mind to run only far as you can while the ball is traveling in the air, one it hits the ground, you have to stop and be ready to returns opponent's shot, with you racket in front of you above the net, don't put your racket pace lower than the net for you to be able to hit more accurately. 
Now that your are at the net, you have to face the net with knee bent and racket up held in front of you, you better have quick reflexes in Volleying, so you have to be focus at all time and be ready to move when your opponent hit the ball. 
Volleying is an advantage, an has high risk too, to pull-off a big serve and approaching the net putting pressure to your opponent to have a good down the line shots, or an overhead lob shot where it be difficult for your opponent to place.
Once you have establish at the net prepare to aim your return to a point that your opponent cannot reach, be smart at where to aim it.  If the ball comes a lob lob try to finish it off by an overhead shot pointing at the ball with one hand to position yourself, and then swing like you are to serve, don't hesitate being at the net try to control the game and finish it quick the key serve and volley is to kill the ball in 3 or less shots.

True or False.,,,, Mona Lisa Painting is a man? ?

Mona Liza  by: Leonardo da Vinci

 
Well known Mona Lisa (by: Leonardo da Vinci) real identity has been a mystery for the past years, Italian researchers said that mostly Leonardo da Vinci uses a male model or his lover to paint the Mona Lisa
-In a Close examination of a high-quality digital copy of the portrait, there were found letters painted in the eye of the Mona Lisa the portrait revealed letter L and letters S for (Leonardo)&(Salai) respectively it is analyzed the copy using state of the arts high magnification techniques.
-The existence of the tiny letters and numbers painted at the eyes of Mona Liza was first claimed last December by Silvano Vincenti's  team of researcher.
-The letter appeared in the right eye which is LV which stands for (Leonardo Da Vinci) while in the left eye were all symbols. While Salai, Real name was Gian Giacomo Caprotti, is a young artist who worked with da Vinci for more than twenty five years, may have served as a model and muse for several of the artist's paintings.  Both pair has an "enigmatic" relationship and probably lovers, Vincenti said in the interview.

Most Common Injuries in Tennis

In every 1000 tennis matches played research found out that there are around 54 injuries occur during those matches, which is half as many those injuries occur during the same matches played in soccer.   There is also less risk of injury during tennis compared with individual sports like running and golf.  These injury can be prevented if you understand some of the most common injuries that can occur in your tennis matches and build your strategy to avoid such injuries.

First of all is Tennis Elbow
-Tennis elbow is where inflammation of the muscles and tendons of the forearm as they attached to the upper arm bone.  this inflammation is caused by ex. hammering,weight lifting,playing certain musical instruments,canoeing,digging in the garden, driving and in racket sports.
Tennis elbow cause pain when the outermost part of the elbow is touched and also if you move your hand forward at the back wrist. The pain is worsen by gripping activities and in some cases opening doors can cause intense pain as you turn the door handle.
-- In Preventing Tennis Elbow you should carefully choose racket that has the right size of grip that fits you, if it is too small or too big for you it will cause you to hold the grip too hard. Gripping too hard or too long to the racket can cause you tennis elbow, before playing or getting into a strenuous activities, make sure you take a regular breaks and stretch the muscles which work over by doing 'limp wrist' and some stretching.

 Ankle Sprain
-Sprain is very common in jury in tennis players. Tennis basic movement in court like sideways movement, sudden sideways movement can cause your ankle to twist, specifically if the surface is slippery or player is fatigued.
A twisted ankle caused harm to ligaments and soft tissues around the ankle, swollen ankle that is very painful.
--In preventing Ankle Sprain using ankle brace can help to reduce the injury and it's a strategy that is employed by many tennis pros.  Research shows that injury incidence in people with ankle brace was 4.9 ankle sprain per 1000 participants matches, compared to 32.8 ankle sprain per 1000 participant matches in subjects that had no taping or bracing.

Shoulder Pain

-Shoulder Pain occur in players for its repeated stress during racket strokes, specially during serve.  there are many sources of this injury in tennis players, but most common causes is Shoulder Bursitis(inflammation of a sac of fluid called a Bursa).
Frequent overuse of the Rotator Cuff muscles can cause the Bursa to get 'impinged' between the muscles and the bony prominence of the shoulder, causing the inflammation.  This can result to pain where the arm is raised.
--For players attention must be more on its flexibility, endurance and strength of the muscles. Players should exercise under the supervision of a chartered physiotherapist can also help to prevent impingement.  In training it must be gradual so as not to overload the shoulder.  The repetition of service action shouyld be increase gradually to allow the body to adapt to increase work load.

Stress Fracture of the back

-Stress fracture or lumbar spine, is one of the most common bone injuries tennis players.  Lower back stress fracture can be pain free.  Typically it is sore when the player with this type of injury bends backward, particularly if standing on one leg.  If a lower back stress fracture is suspected, a docter may decide to refer the patient for a scan to confirm the diagnosis.
--Practicing service should be carefully monitored to ensure the lower back is not being overloaded.  Serving in tennis requires a combination of spinal hyperextension together with rotation and side bending of the trunk.  This put a lot of stress on the area of the vertebra and its were this stress fracture develops.  Core stability exercises can help to prevent such back problems in tennis players.

Calf Strain
-Calf Strain it consist of muscle group Gastrocnemius, Soleus and Plantaris muscles, situated at the back of the lower leg.  Their function is to pull up on the heel bone and these muscles are most active during the push-off when a tennis player has to move quickly to react to an opponent's shot.  A strain occurs when the muscles is forcibly stretched beyond its limits and the muscle tissue becomes torn.
--Food Diet can have an affect on muscle injuries.  If a tennis player's diet is high ion carbohydrate in the 48 hours before a match there will be an adequate supply of the energy that is necessary for muscle contraction.
However, if muscles become short of fuel, fatigue can set, especificaly during long matches.  this fatigue can prompt a player to injury.  Carbohydrates and fluid can be replenished during matches by taking regular sips of sports drink between games.

Light & Shadow Photography: Simply Stunning

Light & Shadow Photography: Simply Stunning

Art Works - Richmond Virginia: Call for Entries January All Media Show

Art Works - Richmond Virginia: Call for Entries January All Media Show

Tips on holding a paint brush to get better stoke.

-The best way to hold your brush when painting is to hold it near the end of the handle, in this way you have a little more space and give you a better view of what you are doing in the canvas.

-If you need more of control(ex. painting in details.,), you have to hold the brush near the head of the brush., or much better to have your own feel or create you comfort zone in holding the brush. There is no technique or style in holding your brush, just practice and it will develop it self.

-Style can acquire through time, while techniques is in a matter of practice. The manner in which you become fluent in theses techniques actually became a part of your own unique style.

A brushstroke generally implies four separate actions:

* Cleaning the Brush - The main thing to remember here is to always pull your brush, never push it. This reduces wear and also shapes the hairs of the brush.

* Shaping the Brush - If you clean a brush correctly it should be shaped and ready to go. However, for delicate work (e.g., thin lines) you can chisel-shape the brush. That is, you hold the brush at a 45 degree angle to your horizontal palette, push down on it, and then slightly forward. The brush tip should now have a straight chisel-like edge.

* Loading the Brush - Now you can load the brush with paint in several ways. Shovel-loading a brush means lowering it onto your palette and pushing it at a low angle into a pile of paint. The paint is only on one side of the brush.

* Application of the Paint - A shovel-loaded brush makes precise strokes of varying thicknesses and almost functions as a writing tool.

A tip-loaded brush can be held perpendicular to the canvas and, while lightly touching the canvas, create very thin lines.

A pull-loaded brush is useful to create run of the mill strokes that don't require too much precision.

A body-loaded brush is good for applying impasto strokes and heavy highlights. Impasto is a painting style in which the paint is laid-on very thickly.

Much more can be said about this but just remember, the ease with which you apply brushstrokes depends on how you load your brush.

Clijsters at the #1 spot after beating Dokic at Paris Open

It is her 3rd time to take the #1 spot at WTA ranking, Her First was in 2003, who takes over for 12 weeks and in 2006 who she take control for seven weeks at the top of the rankings before retiring from tennis in 2007.
Clijsters has been incredibly successful during her comeback.
"I have been playing well for some months now. I am happy to have become number one here in Europe -- the lastime, it was in Los Angeles." she added.

Djokovic having shoulder injury

The Injury will prevent Novark Djokovic to train for a week, Tournament Director Richard Krajicek says. He was pulled out of the ABN Amro Tournament because of it's injury.

The defending champion Robin Soderling will replace Djokovic as the top-seeded player for the tournament in Rotterdam. It starts Monday at the Ahoy stadium.

Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in the Australian Open final on Sunday. Murray is expected to play.

Djokovic less than 100 point gap over Worls No.#2 in Tennis.

Novak Djokovic is almost neck-and-neck with No. 2 Roger Federer in the rankings after winning the Australian Open, with less than a 100-point gap between the two. Djokovic gained ground by improving on his quarterfinal finish last year and stopped Federer's title defence by defeating the Swiss in the semifinals. The contest will remain a close one over the next couple of months—Djokovic must defend last year's semifinal in Rotterdam and title in Dubai, while Federer has no tournaments coming off his record.

Neither player had deep runs in Indian Wells or Miami last year, so their performances at the two Masters events are likely to determine who holds the second spot heading into the clay season, and the security of not having to face No. 1 Rafael Nadal until the French Open finals.

Young players with good showings at the Australian Open moved up the ranks, with quarterfinalist Alexandr Dolgopolov rising 14 spots to No. 32 and Richard Berankis going up 22 spots to No. 73. Berankis had a third-round finish that included a retirement win over David Nalbandian in the second round. Qualifiers Grigor Dimtrov and Milos Raonic also received a boost, with Dimitrov climbing 20 spots to hit No. 85 after reaching the second round, and Raonic moving up 58 spots to go from being ranked outside the Top 150 to entering the Top 100 for the first time.

Tennis Gear Update, Technology, Items in market, Review: Prince 03 Hybrid Hornet Mid Plus

Tennis Gear Update, Technology, Items in market, Review: Prince 03 Hybrid Hornet Mid Plus

Mixing Art's in to Tennis: Australian Open Updates

Mixing Art's in to Tennis: Australian Open Updates: " Monday, Jan 24

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Tennis 101 Learn to play the game

The basics - learning how to play the game of tennis:

Tennis is played between two players or teams.
Each "set" is defined as playing a single period until there is a winner.  In match play, multiple sets are played to determine the winner of a "match."




Tennis can be played in the following format:
Singles - Between two individual players.
Doubles - Between four players, two to each side (all women or all men).
Mixed doubles - Between four players, two to each side (male/female teams).

One player starts each set as the server, and the opposing player is the receiver.

To start each point, the server stands behind his baseline, between the center mark and the sideline (see Anatomy of the Tennis Court).  The receiver may stand ready to return the serve anywhere behind his side of the net.

A legal serve requires that the ball leaves the server's racket and travels over the net without touching it, and into the diagonally opposite service court.

Mixing Art's in to Tennis: Australian Open Updates

Mixing Art's in to Tennis: Australian Open Updates: " Sunday, Jan 23

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Mixing Art's in to Tennis: Pros & Cons using Acrylic Paints

Mixing Art's in to Tennis: Pros & Cons using Acrylic Paints: "As in all painting, the acrylic paint technique has benefits and drawbacks. The good things are that: * It is easily dilu..."

Pros & Cons using Acrylic Paints

As in all painting, the acrylic paint technique has benefits and drawbacks. The good things are that:

    * It is easily diluted with water, so there's no need for special thinners

    * Brushes are cleaned with soap and water

    * By and large you use the same brushes and knives as with oil paints, so you don't need to re-invest in this area

    * If you prefer however, an increasing range of 'acrylic-specific' brushes is coming on the market which gives you extra options

    * It dries fast - often within minutes - unlike oils which can take weeks or even months

    * Once dry, you can instantly put additional layers on top without ever muddying the ones below -as can happen with watercolor paints

    * You can paint on a wide range of surfaces including art canvas, watercolor and other types of specially formulated oil and acrylic paper, wood, various types of board - or even use your room walls as large murals!

    * Colors change very little from their wet to dry state - unlike watercolors - so the strength of colour you see first is what you end up with

    * It washes off clothes and carpets when wet, just by using soap and water

    * There is no solvent-type smell, as there is with oils and turpentine

    * Thinned acrylic paint makes an excellent underpainting if you're using oils

However, like all paintng mediums, there are downsides  when using acrylic paint. These are mainly around one of its main virtues... its quick drying properties. Here are some things you need to consider:

    * Drying so quickly makes it difficult to subtly blend paint, as you can with oils - when painting a cloudy sky or portraits for example

    * You have to keep all your brushes moist as you are painting. Never let them dry with acrylic paint on the bristles or you'll end up with a nice-looking set of short garden canes.

    * Paint which dries on the blade of a palette knife is very hard to get off. This can leave a film which may adversely affect the ability of the knife to make a smooth mark

    * You need a special palette to stop your paints drying out as well. These aren't cheap for what they are. (However, read the article on acrylic paint techniques to find out how to easily make one for next to nothing)

    * If acrylic paint dries on carpets, clothes etc, you'll be lucky to get the stain off. So wear old clothes and/or cover the table and floor with an old cloth!

    * If there's any grease on the painting surface, acrylics will not adhere, unlike oil paints.

    * Acrylic paint tends to be quietly abrasive and soon takes its toll on softer brushes. Try using it with a small nylon 00 watercolor brush, for example, and you'll be lucky to get more than two or three good sessions out of it

    * If acrylic paint gets inside the ferrule and dries it's almost impossible to get out without damaging the brush hairs. What then happens is the dried paint makes the bristles spread and the brush loses much of its value as a quality tool

    * Don't leave the tops off tubes of acrylic paint, the contents will go rock hard in no time. If this happens, you throw them away. Full stop

    * Some brands of acrylic paint have small tops on the tubes. They are extremely difficult to get off as the paint dries in the threads.

    * If you have problems gripping small items, you may want to choose tubes which have large caps - or buy a good pair of pliers!

    * Acrylic paint is a close cousin of PVA glue and as such, quite an effective, if somewhat colourful, adhesive.

Backhand tips

- Effective Backhand Slice

An effective slice can add some much-needed variety to your game.

In today's game, and you see it all the time at the professional leve, players are most comfortable when they’re in a routine of hammering balls back and forth. They like to exchange shots hit from their strike zones, which is between thigh and chest height, and use some degree of topspin on a majority of shots. You can be successful playing this style, but it makes your game pretty predictable. If you work a dependable slice into your repertoire, though, you’ll add some variety to your attack.

A slice is effective for many reasons. If you’re stretched wide, the slice can be a safe, defensive shot that will get you back in the point. When hit as a rally ball, the backspin slows the pace of the shot and keeps the ball low and out of your opponent’s strike zone. And when you’re inside the court, you can be more aggressive with the slice by driving a deep, low, skidding shot that you can follow to net. It’s also the spin you need to be successful with volleys and drop shots. Here’s a quick lesson on the slice for all skill levels.

BEGINNER

OBJECTIVE: Learn the proper swing path and keep your wrist firm.

When players first learn the slice, they sometimes start by drastically swinging down on the ball. Although the basic motion is from high to low (opposite of the low to high you’re first taught for your ground strokes) and back to high, it’s actually fairly subtle. If you hack down severely on the ball, you may put a great deal of underspin on it, but the resulting shot will float and have little pace, penetration, or consistency. You never want to lose that feeling of hitting through the ball. The other thing to stress is keeping your wrist firm. Many players snap or flip their wrists, trying to get pace and spin on the ball, and end up suffering the same problems as those who chop down when they swing.

For a penetrating slice, use a swing that moves gradually from high to low and back to high. This way you hit through the ball instead of chopping at it.

In fact, the swing path of the slice is almost parallel to the court. One way to think of the motion is to compare it to that of a karate chop. You start with your arm bent, and you straighten it out toward contact with a gradual reduction from high to low, keeping a slightly open racquet face. That way you’re still driving the racquet through contact.

INTERMEDIATE

OBJECTIVE: Incorporate your bigger muscles into the shot and learn to cup the ball.

Players who use their whole bodies when they swing are generally more consistent with their strokes. Take the serve as an example: A player who gets good body rotation and uses his shoulders and legs is going to have a more effective serve than someone who just uses his arm. Using the big muscle groups will sustain consistency for the course of the match, whereas using only the smaller ones will cause fatigue (which will lead to inconsistency). With the slice, it’s no different.

To better control the ball’s flight path and add pace to your slice, cup the outside edge of the ball. If you cup the inside, the ball will float with sidespin.

At this point in your development, you understand the proper swing plane of the slice. You can repeatedly use good technique, but if you’re relying on your arm and hand to power the shot, your slice will never have adequate bite or penetration, and late in a match, when you get tired, it could break down. So stepping into the slice with your legs and stretching your arms out (with your hitting arm moving toward the contact point and your off arm behind you) will involve your quads, chest, and back—your best power sources.

Besides using your whole body to hit the slice, you also need to have good feel and control. That’s where “cupping” the ball begins to become important. When you cup the ball, you cut under and around the outside edge of it. If you’re a right-hander, you’re trying to cup the left corner of the ball (the opposite corner for lefties). This helps control the flight path and adds zip to the shot.

If you hit the inside part of the ball, that means your wrist is ahead of the racquet face, which will result in more sidespin than backspin on the shot. It takes great talent to control this type of slice because the ball has a tendency to sail. Cupping the outside of the ball is a much more reliable technique.

ADVANCED

OBJECTIVE: Develop your shot awareness and begin to use your slice as a weapon.

As I’ve mentioned, slice affords a player variety because there are several different ways in which you can hit it. At this level, you can call upon all your options, and understanding your positioning and status in the point will help you determine which slice to use. For example, being on the dead run and far behind the baseline would call for a defensive slice. In an even backhand rally from the baseline, you may choose to use the slice as a change of pace to throw your opponent off. And inside the court, you can move forward and use your slice to attack. This is what I call shot awareness— having a clear grasp of what’s coming at you and what shot to use in response. From this perspective, you can use your slice to create openings by getting your opponent out of position. For example, if you’re in a backhand crosscourt rally and you get a ball that lands short, hit a deep, skidding slice down the line to open up the court. Or from the same position you can carve a short, sharp angle that forces your opponent up and wide into an uncomfortable position— almost like a drop shot, but with more pace and less arc. If your opponent has to attack off that, you’ll have a good look at a passing shot. And if he tries to retreat to the baseline, you’ll have an opening on his forehand side. Players with versatile slices, like Roger Federer and Tim Henman, often use this tactic against clay-courters who are leery of coming to net.

During a backhand rally, a sharply angled slice can throw off your opponent’s rhythm by drawing him off the baseline and wide of the court.


 Basic Backhand Shot:

Step 1.  Racket back eye's on the ball.

Step2. Point and Prepare, point the butt of Racket towards the ball.

Step3. Always keep eye's on the ball at the point of contact, always been knee when hitting the ball.

Final Step. Make your follow through perfect this gives your shot more accurate, complete your follow thr

Tips in Pen ink Drawing..

Basic Pen Shading , Hatching, Crosshatching, Scumbling..
-It is true that we cannot create a tonal value for pen-and-ink because of it solid black line that the pen ink created, I have some tips to achieve a similar tonal value for pen, like pencil does. first we have to create an illusion of this value through Hatching, Crosshatching, Contour Hatching, Scumbling  and Random Hatching, Stippling.

                    
Hatching
The most basic method of creating value in ink drawing is linear hatching. Fine parallel lines fill an area, so that from just a slight distance, we have the illusion of value. The closer the lines are, the less white paper shows, and the darker the value appears. Heavier lineweight (pressing more firmly or using a bigger nib) also gives a darker appearance.

          
Crosshatching
Crosshatching uses layers of hatching placed at an angle. Usually, the first layer would be vertical, the next horizontal, the next at forty-five degrees, and so on. This methodical approach can look a little mechanical, so artists often use variation in direction to add interest.

                 

Contour Hatching
Hatching placed at a slight angle creates a moire-like effect, the diamond-shaped fragments of white paper enlivening the denser areas of value. This technique is often used in figure drawing, with the direction of line helping to suggest the cross-contours of the body. Hatching which follows a contour can also help to make objects appear more three-dimensional.

 
Scumbling and Random Hatching
      -Scumbling, often called the 'brillo pad' technique, uses layers of small calligraphic, scribbled marks to build up value and texture. Varying the direction and shape adds more interest than a simple circular scribble. Random hatching uses layers of short, straight marks. Various textures result depending on whether these short hatches are applied vertically, at right angles, following a contour or at random angles.








Stippling
      -Stippling uses tiny dots to create value. The closer together the dots, the darker the tone. Larger dots create a denser tonal value more quickly, but can look coarse.

Trouble with topspin?

-Here’s a simple and effective way to deal with it.

PROBLEM
You have difficulty applying topspin to the ball because you instinctively swing from high to low. It’s particularly common with beginners who equate the motion with hitting a baseball. The resulting shots are slices or flat balls that you have little control over.

For some players, it’s natural to swing from high to low (from shoulder to knee). As a result they can’t apply topspin to their shots.

SOLUTION
To introduce the concept of swinging from low to high, I’ve had success using my old racquet the aluminum one. Stand in front of the court net about half of your raquet length with your racquet back, holding that position. Have someone face while gripping your racquet firmly by the handle. Now swing the racquet and brush up on with the net take note that always bend your knees when swinging your raquet. If the motion is too level or high-to-low, your raquet will get stuck in the top of the net. But when your swing along the net surface to continue your follow through you’ve got the proper swinging motion needed to apply topspin to the ball. You’ll also improve your extension and follow through. It’s a great way to “clean up” a messy topspin stroke....

**if you can build a structure like this one, you can practice your stroke at home.... good luck with your killer top spin.

My Thought's (Mixing Art in to Tennis)

@ ArT

- My passions has become working with objects such as screws, bolts, electronic materials, metals and finish it with fiber glass. I see so much beauty in objects and parts that may have been discarded or seem to have particular use in daily lives but have not importance to others.

My art is very mixed media oriented a collage of materials and parts on layers of acrylic painting and always has fiber glass in it. I incorporate 3-D subject on a 2-d surface. My work represent my inner thoughts and happening in my life.

@ TeNnis

- If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that’s a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there’s going to be a life after tennis.