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

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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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