We are indebted to Messrs. Little, Brown, and Company, for permission to use Miss Dickinson's poem, "The Railway Train," on [page 58], and to Mr. Charles G. Blanden for the lines from his poem, "Plea of the Poets," used on the page facing [page 1]. The lines used on [page 16] are from James Russell Lowell's "Epistle to George William Curtis," and the verses on [page 30] are from "A Boy's Song," by James Hogg.
Contents
| PAGE | |
| OUT OF DOORS (Landscape) | [1] |
| Use of a Finder in Selecting Material for Landscapes; Autumn, Winter and Spring Effects in Color and in Value; The Same Landscape Expressed in Different Arrangements of Values; Trees in Foliage and with Bare Branches; Pictures from our Surroundings; Study of a Masterpiece; Home Exercises. | |
| GROWTH, BLOSSOM, FRUIT (Flowers and Plants) | [16] |
| Bittersweet, Iris, and Geranium in Color; Use of the Finder in Sketching most Interesting Part of a Growth for a Sketch; Flowers and Leaves in Different Positions; Growth of Stems, Joints, Buds, Leaves, and Sprays; Root Growths; Use of the Accented Outline; Composition from Plant Forms. | |
| LIFE AND ACTION (The Human Figure, Animals, and Birds) | [30] |
| Brush Studies in Color from Pose; The Same Pose in Different Positions; Different Steps in Pose Drawing; Proportion and Action Shown in Leading Lines or "Skeleton" Figures; Hands and Feet; Dog and Pigeon in Leading Lines, in Outline and in Values; Study of a Masterpiece; Home Exercises. | |
| BEAUTY IN COMMON THINGS (Still Life) | [44] |
| Beauty in Common Objects; A Bowl in Four Different Mediums; Principles of Grouping; The Accented Outline in Object Drawing; Japanese Lanterns Studied in Values; Use of the Finder in Making Beautiful Compositions; Home Exercises. | |
| APPARENT DIRECTION OF EDGES AND OUTLINES (Perspective) | [58] |
| The Circle in Three Positions; Foreshortened Surfaces in Common Objects; How to Test Foreshortened Surfaces and Converging Lines; Foreshortened Circle seen in Beautiful Historic Baptismal Font. | |
| MEASURING AND PLANNING (Geometry) | [66] |
| Making Simple Tools with which to Measure and Plan; Drawing and Dividing Circular, Square, Oblong, and Triangular Spaces; How to Place Decorations within these Divisions; Planning of Patterns for Portfolio, Box, Envelopes, and Pocket-book; Making Case for Newspaper Clippings; a Simple Alphabet and How to Draw its Plan; Initial Letters. | |
| DESIGN | [76] |
| The Color Chart Related to the Scale of Values; Colors in Full Intensity; the Neutral Value Scale, Showing Seven Steps Between Black and White; Dividing a Space into Large and Small Areas; Use of Values in Expressing Light and Dark Effects; Space Divisions to Form Plaids; Design Motives from Nature, and Their Application in Simple Rhythms and Balanced Designs; Color Schemes from Nature, and their Application; a Portfolio whose Beauty Depends on Arrangement and Proportion of Values; Pottery Forms. |
"Makers of song, did you say? Finders of song, be it told: The music we fashion today Is centuries old.
Only we look and we see, Only we hear and we sing: Only we find in the tree And we find in the spring The beautiful thing."