. Art crafts for amateurs . monkey among animals, are so often met with in decorativeart, because of the natural quaintness of these creatures, ortheir adaptability to a craftsmans uses. A Japanese canuse any object,and, by the wayhe renders it andselects what isbest worth using,make it look inkeeping with itsenvironment;but I had betterfollow up what Ihave said i npraise of thisEastern art by aword of not attemptto imitate it;learnall you canfrom Japanesesources, butwork on yourown lines so faras may be. It is a goodplan to practise drawing in outline and deliberately leave out all


. Art crafts for amateurs . monkey among animals, are so often met with in decorativeart, because of the natural quaintness of these creatures, ortheir adaptability to a craftsmans uses. A Japanese canuse any object,and, by the wayhe renders it andselects what isbest worth using,make it look inkeeping with itsenvironment;but I had betterfollow up what Ihave said i npraise of thisEastern art by aword of not attemptto imitate it;learnall you canfrom Japanesesources, butwork on yourown lines so faras may be. It is a goodplan to practise drawing in outline and deliberately leave out all details. Thedrawing by C. L. Allport, No. 148, shows what can be done torender form with little else but the outline. This kind of rudi-mentary work shows how far one knows what one is doing, p. No. 149.—The Owl. Designed by C. F. An instance of how rudimentarya form may be in decoration. ( & Co.) 210 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. for it is not difficult to hide ones shortcomings under amass of detail, whereas, given in abstract as it were, what little there is


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