Further Application of Lines. In the simple landscape, Fig. 8, will be found many of the lines which enter into nearly all practice work. First, as in Fig. 7, faintly sketch the general masses, so they can be easily erased if they are not properly placed. The cut on page 44 shows how this is done. The little figures at the right may be introduced into the finished picture. If used, their placing is to be left subject to the individual taste and ingenuity of the pupil. Should they be used in the foreground, they should be enlarged con-
Pupils should be encouraged to make their drawings as neat in appearance as possible. Nevertheless, it is better to have a mussy-looking drawing that is correct in its essentials than a clean, spick-span drawing full of inaccuracies in the way of misplaced lines, tones or shadows.
siderably. The letters locate the corresponding lines in Fig. 8 and are not for use in the pupil's sketch, but are placed to show where the corresponding lines and tints are to be found.
Drawing Actual Objects
Subjects for Simple Drawings. Draw the front of the house in which you live. If it is a simply constructed build-
ing this will not be difficult. If it is somewhat ornate in its facade, draw only a part of the detail, such as the front door or a window or two. Draw any of the outbuildings, such as the barn, the shed, or a chicken coop, or garage.
As mere suggestions from memory subjects, the following are offered. Many others will suggest themselves to the teacher according to the surroundings :
SUBJECTS
Sections
- Action Drawing
- Advice To Teachers
- Beginners Instructions
- Blocking In
- Clay Modeling
- Copying By Triangulation
- Decorative Ornamental Art
- Drawing From Nature
- Early Exercises
- Elementary Lines
- Elementary Perspective
- Expression Emotion
- Foreshortening
- Geometrical Form
- How To Draw Animals
- How To Draw Cartoons
- How To Draw Charcoal Crayon
- How To Draw Flowers
- How To Draw Women Men Children
- Lettering
- Light And Shade
- Materials For Drawing
- Models Measurements Proportions
- Outlines For Beginners
- Paper Folding Cutting
- Pen And Ink Drawing
- Principles Of Composition
- Simple Story Pictures
- Solid Black Effects
- Stimulating Imagination
- Tracing Transferring
- Two Handed Exercises