. John Angelo at the water color exhibition . ?Id rather see a pretty ladys face than the hand-somest dress that ever was made ! Talking aboutfaces, did you ever see anything lovelier than Annie Laurie or Mr. Beckwiths peasantgirl with the spotted handkerchief tied around herhead ? And only look at Mr. Winslow Homersfisher girls — you never could remember what theyhad on, and you couldnt forget their faces if youtried. Thats the kind of impression I want madeon me. Very well. My side of the argument is goodyet, said Ted. Now Mr. Kappes paints in adashing, careless-looking way, but he
. John Angelo at the water color exhibition . ?Id rather see a pretty ladys face than the hand-somest dress that ever was made ! Talking aboutfaces, did you ever see anything lovelier than Annie Laurie or Mr. Beckwiths peasantgirl with the spotted handkerchief tied around herhead ? And only look at Mr. Winslow Homersfisher girls — you never could remember what theyhad on, and you couldnt forget their faces if youtried. Thats the kind of impression I want madeon me. Very well. My side of the argument is goodyet, said Ted. Now Mr. Kappes paints in adashing, careless-looking way, but he knows whathes doing, and doesnt he get a lot of character intohis faces ! See this poor old lady singing the LastHymn. Mr. Chase simply didnt choose you shouldremember the face — but a lady dressed in black. Well, I aint going to argue, said John paintvarious, as said the Model. Still T do JOHN ANGEL O VIS US THE WATER COLOR. like finish. Theres Mr. Thulstrup with his littleSwedish iiirl and her mother trudging off to church. ANNIE LAURIE.—Fred IV. Freer. together. See that tot lugging an umbrella nearly asbig as herself. Her face is just bubbling over withfun. Lets go back into the south room, said is Mr. Lasher, the art critic, talking about Mr. Smedleys old Quaker gentle-man. Lets hear what they are saying. What I really would like to know more about,confided John Angelo, is why water color is sopopular, and how it differs from oils. When I askedfather the difference, he laughed and answered witha French rhyme : La peinture a VhiiileEst la plus cest bien plies beauQue la peinture a Ieau. He said it might be translated: Painting in oil demands the most toil,But what can be dullerThan pure water-color? Now, /think, Ted, that water colors are as hand-some as oils, and, as the Model Child says, they area great deal more various — it must be so hard toget both delicacy and distinctness in oils. An artist dressed in a
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