. Teachers' manual for the Prang course in drawing for graded schools, books 1-6 . elling on the lower side where the shadowson the irregular surface made the irregularities more conspicuous. Help pupils tcsee how the outline and surface of their own fruit can be best expressed. It wouldbe well to make one sketch on practice paper before drawing in the book. Drawings from grains, fruits and vegetables would be a help in an exercise onour agricultural products, or on the products of temperate climates in general. Theywould also be helpful in connection with the study of seed formation, as condu
. Teachers' manual for the Prang course in drawing for graded schools, books 1-6 . elling on the lower side where the shadowson the irregular surface made the irregularities more conspicuous. Help pupils tcsee how the outline and surface of their own fruit can be best expressed. It wouldbe well to make one sketch on practice paper before drawing in the book. Drawings from grains, fruits and vegetables would be a help in an exercise onour agricultural products, or on the products of temperate climates in general. Theywould also be helpful in connection with the study of seed formation, as conductedin the botany class. Many pupils will like to show in their home sketch-books the different kinds offruit growing in their gardens or noticed in the shops of the neighborhood. EXEKCISE III. Representation. A Group of Fruits or Vegetables. Arrange a group of two, or at the most three, very simple forms, so that theeffect will be pleasing. Remember that the effect desired in a group is very differentfrom the regularity allowed, and to a certain extent demanded, in (i) Choose one for the principal object, and, generally, place it centrally but notexactly in the centre; (2) do not place the other objects in a straight Une with theprincipal object; (3) try the effect of placing the objects so that if the centres oftheir bases were connected an irregular figure would be made; (4) place them as ifthey were good friends and belonged together, and (5) so that they will appear atrest. But remember (6) that the objects should not have the same positions, that is,their axes should not be all upright or all horizontal; they should not be parallel orat right angles to each other; and they should not present exactly the same faces;and (7) one of the objects should be partially hidden behind another, even if there areno more than two objects in the group. Look now (8) to see if in the group thatyou have made the objects will appear of the same height when drawn. If so, change
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