. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 146.—A Sparrow Hawk—p. 220 in Camera Craft, byDr. R. W. Shufeldt. 206 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. that the outline can be made to do what we Westernsrequire light and shade to effect. The Japs work alwaysin a full light, which shows the subject as a shape, while we,. Ko. 147.—From a Japanese Print by So-Shiseki. by working so much indoors, have grown to see objectsmore as arrangements of light and shade than as shapes. The trout swimming, No. 145, is an accurately observedmovement, and though by an Englishman is quite Japan-esque in its simplicity and restraint. AN
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 146.—A Sparrow Hawk—p. 220 in Camera Craft, byDr. R. W. Shufeldt. 206 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. that the outline can be made to do what we Westernsrequire light and shade to effect. The Japs work alwaysin a full light, which shows the subject as a shape, while we,. Ko. 147.—From a Japanese Print by So-Shiseki. by working so much indoors, have grown to see objectsmore as arrangements of light and shade than as shapes. The trout swimming, No. 145, is an accurately observedmovement, and though by an Englishman is quite Japan-esque in its simplicity and restraint. ANIMAL FORMS. 207 The reproduction of a photograph, No. 146, one of a seriesby Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, is so singularly like a Japanesepainting, that I selected it partly for this reason, as it em-phasises what Ihave elsewheresaid of the ac-curacy of the Japsas observers. Ifrealistic meanstruth to nature,then the Japs aresevere realists, andyet many pass bytheir work withthe implied sneer,only decora-tive ! The workknown as the OneHundred Birds (itcan be had inLondon in 3 vols.,price 1 os. net), isa perfect store-house of material;the original draw-ings are nowshown at South Kensington. This photo of Dr. Shufeldts one wouldthink had been inspired by one of these one hundredstudies. If we gla
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