Painter’s Hub

This may look a simple topic but, if you are serious about art then you should take good care of the art materials. When a art student goes to a art shop to purchase colours,brushes,canvas etc., he/she is highly motivated and sometimes purchases the wrong items. What I mean by wrong items is that if you purchases too much of linseed oil than required then you are wasting money.

Items to purchase:

A good quality colour box with a minimum 12 colours. Go for artist colours.
An excellent notebook for sketches, see to that the papers are having good textures.
A good set of brushes, preferably 1,3,5,7,9,11.
If your medium is oil then 1/2 a litre of linseed oil.
1/2 a litre of turpentine for cleaning the brushes.
The most important canvases, you have various sizes available in the market select 2 to 3.
The above listed items are available in any art shop. But the most important things that are not available in any art shops are:

• Patience
• A good art teacher who loves his students teaches art without any bias.
• A lot of interest and hard work.
• Once you have completed a section or the whole painting, wash your brushes.

Things to remember:

Do not damage the bristle.
Do not put too much pressure on the bristle.
Clean the bristle with a cotton cloth, the pigment will go. Then use water in the case of watercolour / acrylics, or turpentine in the case of oil medium. This will remove the pigment that are in between the bristle and you can use it again.
Let the brush be left to dry ( point to remember the bristle should point towards the celling.) Many make this common mistake. They keep the bristle pointing towards the floor and once it is dry the bristle turn towards a side. ( Please don’t do this).
Select the brush you need and then apply colour. Don’t apply and wait for a situation to use it.
Don’t throw a old brush it can be used for giving textures or for some special effects.

These are the important things to remember, the more you take care of your art materials the more they will be of use to you.

Introduction:

You may wonder how an article about The Beatles is been published in an art magazine. Well, Music is also an art and in particular prespective it is one of the superior of all art forms. Any country has its won unique culture and art will take the prominant place in the culture. In the music history of the world, The Beatles has a special place, not only in the music history books but also in the millions of Beatles fans. The Beatles has a fantastic history and it is very colourful.

A little bit history:

It was in the early 1960’s when John Lennon the creater of The Beatles started a musical band called Quarrymen. Later it was changed to The Beatles. Sir Paul Mc Cartney once had an oppurtunity to be a part of the audience for the music performance of Quarry men. Later he joined the band as bass giutarist. Then the third beatle George Harrison joined and Pete Best as drummer of the band. They performed in the cavern club and later three beatle., John, Paul and Geroge told Pete Best to leave the band and they included Ringo Starr as the fourth beatle. These four beatle was called The Beatles. They had two great angles for their help and guidance. Mr Braian Epstine , the band manager and George Martin, the producer for beatles. These two with many more people created history. They all helped The Beatles and were active in recording the songs. 

During all the songwritting process it was John and Paul who wrote the songs and composed it.  And indeed George and Ringo too composed songs and sang them. During the jam session the Fab 4 were experimenting with many concepts of music theory. They even changed the ortohodex norms of song composing and created their own formula. The formula The Beatles invented was so powerful that most of The Beatles competitors were not able to understand. Most of the bands that came after The Beatles and all the one which is existing today are either directly or indirectly influenced by The Beatles.

Similarly, The Beatles were also influenced by classical music. In most of the song they do follow the tratitional method but in majority of the song they have a unique chord progressions. The chord progression these people came up with is something that many analysis and it is an interesting to study them. Many music theorist had a great fun in understanding the chord they used and the progression The Beatles implemented.

The Beatles Albums:

They came with many singles and albums and all of them were a great hit. Even today you can see their albums being being sold in local music store and as well in online stores. The impact they have created to the music industry and to the music history, it tremendous.

• With The Beatles ,
• A Hard Day’s Night ,
• Beatles for Sale ,
• Help! ,
• Rubber Soul ,
• Revolver ,
• Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band ,
• Magical Mystery Tour ,
• The Beatles The White Album,
• Yellow Submarine ,
• Abbey Road ,
• Let It Be .

Each of these album was a big hit and they had many followers. In each of their albums they experimented a lot and it is from the album Revolver they matured and it was on of their major work. It had received many excellent critics. Thay have also won many Grammy awards.  From Revolver till Let It Be, you can see that all the songs were well composed, the lyrics were of good quality and well sound Engineered.

Break Up:

After the break up they did not stopped their musical journey. They composed many songs and released many albums under their own band names. Later in the yeat 1980 John Lennon was murdered and it was a shock to the music industry and to all the fans in the world.  In the year 2001, George Harrison died due to throat cancer.

The Beatles Rock Band: On september 9 a new game called beatles rock band will be released. This shows the power of thier music and how much fan they have.