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Visual Arts
Why Man Creates
This short excerpt from Why Man Creates, the award winning short film by Saul Bass shows the animation of civilization, from the dawn of man through the nuclear age.
Apr 25, 2008, 08:16 PST
Visual Arts
Drawing Basics - Flowers in a 3D Box
This lesson by Mark Kistler will help you learn how to construct and shade some basic shapes by drawing a box full of flowers.
Feb 2, 2008, 15:05 PST
Visual Arts
Drawing Basics - Sharp Shading
If you're not familiar with Mark Kistler, and you love to draw, you should be. He has a wonderful set of books, ostensibly for kids, although having found him at 40 and loving his books, I suppose we should say kids from 6 to 106. This lesson in sharp shading will get you started on the road toward making your images 3-D.
Feb 2, 2008, 14:52 PST
Visual Arts
Drawing Bodies
We are very fortunate to have this excellent video of how to use basic anatomy to properly place the features of a human body in a sketch.
Feb 2, 2008, 09:22 PST
Visual Arts
The Ink Sketch - Drawing the Human Face in Pen
As you watch Jason sketch the female face he is working on in this demonstration, pay particular attention to the proportions of his sketch. Which features align with which other features?
Feb 2, 2008, 09:00 PST
Visual Arts
How to Draw Eyes- Graphite Sketching
This is a wonderful tutorial on how to draw eyes in graphite (a pencil sketch). The artist makes use of a light lead or light gray pencil to start, then he switches to a darker lead as he continues to work in the details on the eye.
Feb 2, 2008, 04:29 PST
Visual Arts
The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson
Louise Nevelson was a Ukrainian immigrant, recognized as one of America’s most distinguished artists, whose work is still changing the face of contemporary sculpture long after her death. Through January 13, 2008, her work will be on exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
Jan 7, 2008, 11:28 PST
Music
Guitar Lessons and Resources
ClassBrain has assembled a great set of resources for guitar players. Whether you're looking for lessons, tools, or tabs, you'll find them here.
Nov 2, 2007, 22:04 PST
Music
Essential Tones of Music Rooted in Human Speech
The use of 12 tone intervals in the music of many human cultures is rooted in the physics of how our vocal anatomy produces speech, according to researchers at the Duke University Center for Cognitive Neuroscience.
May 24, 2007, 20:49 PST
Visual Arts
Playing With Shadows - An Introduction To Shadow Puppetry
Learn how master puppeteers use the ancient art of shadow puppets to tell centuries old tales.
Apr 18, 2007, 11:47 PST
Music
Vintage Phonograph Recordings 1900-1930
Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine
Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine is a wonderful collection of recordings from the early 1900s that have been posted in Real Audio format.
Jan 25, 2007, 08:48 PST
Visual Arts
Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy
During the late 1920s, early 1930s, and 1990s the Library of Congress acquired a large collection of Arabic script calligraphy sheets. This presentation exhibits 355 Arabic calligraphy sheets, ranging from the 9th to the 19th centuries.
Dec 15, 2006, 09:14 PST
Music
Afro Cuban Rhythm Lesson
Watch as Ricardo Monzon takes you step by step through the musical parts that create a Afro-Cuban rhythm in Putting All the Pieces Together.
Sep 10, 2006, 21:37 PST
Music
Afro Cuban Conga Rhythms
Get started with conga drumming with this informative tutorial on beat basics.
Sep 10, 2006, 21:26 PST
Music
Double Picking for Guitar Shredders
If you are learning electic guitar, you should take a look at this lesson on double picking or double noting, which is two notes in sixteenths.
Sep 10, 2006, 20:53 PST
Music
Metronome for Guitar Shredders
What's the secret of faster guitar shredding? It's been right under your nose the whole time. Your metronome. Berklee College of Music faculty member and Shred-Lord, Joe Stump, shows you how to use the metronome to become a better and faster shred metal guitar player in this great free online lesson.
Sep 9, 2006, 15:41 PST
Music
Film Scoring Essentials
Berklee College of Music faculty member and film scoring professional Richard Davis takes you inside the world of film scoring and reveals what you need to know about the film scoring process, the industry, and business matters. In this lesson, he explains what spotting is, and how to capture the essence of a scene in music.
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Sep 8, 2006, 21:15 PST
Music
Improvisation Using Rhythmic Devices
Berklee College of Music faculty member Larry Monroe shows you how to improvise using various rhythmic devices in this free lesson from BerkleeShares.com
Sep 5, 2006, 09:32 PST
Music
Develop Music Improvisation Style
It takes a time and hard work to develop your own improvisation style. What can help is advice from a major player in the jazz world.
Sep 3, 2006, 08:24 PST
Music
Folktunes - A Unique Repository of Cultural Music
A new member of the Creative Commons is Folktunes.org, a unique archive of music that celebrates the cultural tunes. Although just in it's infacy, the music archive shows the promise of being a priceless repository in the future.
Sep 3, 2006, 05:34 PST
Music
The Beat In Music Improvisation
Many critics consider Joe Lovano a legitimate successor to Coltrane. He has worked with top musicians, such as, Woody Herman, Chet Baker, Elvin Jones, Charlie Haden, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, and has won multiple awards for his playing. In this lesson, he shows you how to work with and follow the beat when you improvise.
Aug 26, 2006, 09:05 PST
Music
Motives In Music Improvisation
Ed Tomassi shows you how to use motives (short groups of tones) to enhance your improvisational playing in this easy lesson.
Aug 26, 2006, 08:52 PST
Music
Warming Up Your Voice With a Groove
Learn how to warm up your voice with the groove from Donna McElroy, the faculty of Berklee College of Music.
Aug 25, 2006, 17:37 PST
Music
Muting Strings for Bass Guitar
How do you diversify your bass playing? Try muting part of your bass line. Danny Morris, Berklee College of Music faculty member and renowned bass player, will show you how in this easy online lesson. Danny Morris takes the legendary bass guitar instruction taught at Berklee College and applies it to rock bass guitar lessons for the beginning bass player.
Aug 25, 2006, 17:17 PST
Music
Major Keys and Scales
Music in a particular key tends to use only some of the many possible notes available; these notes are listed in the scale associated with that key. The notes that a major key uses tend to build "bright"-sounding major chords. They also give a strong feeling of having a tonal center, a note or chord that feels like "home" in that key. The "bright"-sounding major chords and the strong feeling of tonality are what give major keys their pleasant moods.
Aug 25, 2006, 11:11 PST
Visual Arts
How to Draw a Frog
Learn how to draw this cute cartoon frog step by step.
Feb 26, 2006, 20:41 PST
Music
Minor Keys and Scales
The interval pattern for minor scales is different from that of major scales. Every minor key shares a key signature with its relative major. There are three different types of minor scales: natural minor, melodic minor, and harmonic minor.
Feb 25, 2006, 09:22 PST
Music
World War I Sheet Music
Apr 22, 2005, 09:13 PST
Visual Arts
Vincent Van Gogh
 More information about Vincent Van Gogh courtesy of Google.
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Mar 29, 2005, 20:46 PST
Music
Musical DNA
The Nucleic Acid Database has been creating musical compositions that give a unique look at the structure of DNA.
Nov 27, 2004, 20:04 PST
Musical Instruments
Guitars For Collectors
Here are some great guitars for those into music! Choose from electric, acoustic, or acoustic-electric. Some of these guitars are for experts or collectors only.
Nov 18, 2004, 08:12 PST
Musical Instruments
Saxophones & Supplies
Here are some great deals on saxophones, as well as a large selection of excellent goodies for your favorite sax player.
Nov 18, 2004, 07:39 PST
Visual Arts
FILE: A Collection of Unexpected Photography
From time to time we come across a very cool site that captures our attention, and although we think that we have a lot of those on ClassBrain, FILE Magazine - A Collection of Unexpected Photography turns out to be one of the rare jewels that we place at the top of our list.
Nov 1, 2004, 08:52 PST
Performing Arts
Shakespeare's Globe Theater Interactive Viewer
Shakespeare's Globe Theater comes alive with this incredible interactive, virtual viewer.
Oct 22, 2004, 07:05 PST
Music
Honky Tonks, Hymns and the Blues
There is a wealth of information hidden within these pages just waiting for music enthusiasts (or for that matter, Americans!) to discover.
Oct 19, 2004, 13:12 PST
Music
Featured Albums & Exclusives from iTunes
Check out iTunes for exclusive music and special features like these albums . . .
Oct 14, 2004, 10:04 PST
Music
Today's Top Albums at iTunes
What are the top albums people are buying today? Check here for the latest iTunes music.
Oct 14, 2004, 09:58 PST
Visual Arts
Hex Color Chart
This helpful chart can be printed out and used to choose your hexidecimal colors on your next project.
Sep 25, 2004, 21:11 PST
Visual Arts
Hex Color Wheel
Use this helpful interactive hex color wheel to find the correct hex code for your webpages.
Sep 25, 2004, 08:53 PST
Visual Arts
Color in Motion - ClassBrain Networthy Award
This fun color project by Claudia Cortés lets you explore color through "interviews" with each color, projects, and fun flash movies. If you're studying design this is a great primer on the meaning of colors.
Jul 19, 2004, 11:20 PST
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