. Art crafts for amateurs . the flower ? and our taste as well as ingenuity isshown in the way we do this simplifying. I do not wish tomore than allude in passing to my own work, lest some WOOD CARVING. 27 reader should come to thinkway, but it is pretty plainthat I believe in goingdirect to nature for inspi-ration, and a free adaptationof nature is the one I shouldsay is most likely to lead tooriginal work on the partof the amateur. And let meadd, too, that he should notrely upon books of studiesor photographs of plants,but should study nature forhimself, to the extent ofmaking studies of sug
. Art crafts for amateurs . the flower ? and our taste as well as ingenuity isshown in the way we do this simplifying. I do not wish tomore than allude in passing to my own work, lest some WOOD CARVING. 27 reader should come to thinkway, but it is pretty plainthat I believe in goingdirect to nature for inspi-ration, and a free adaptationof nature is the one I shouldsay is most likely to lead tooriginal work on the partof the amateur. And let meadd, too, that he should notrely upon books of studiesor photographs of plants,but should study nature forhimself, to the extent ofmaking studies of sugges-tive forms in pencil or othermedium. Poor as suchstudies may be (thoughwith a little practice I seeno reason why they shouldbe poor) compared withthe skilled work one seesin books, you will neverget to know a plant exceptby drawing it, and that,too, many times. Takethe shape of an apple, howvarious it is ! What beau-tiful angles its sides make !How square rather thanround it is ! How truthful way / have used nature the. 15.—Sketch of one of the ChoirStalls in Cockayne HatleyChurch, Bedfordshire. Thefine carving in this church wasbrought from Italy early in thiscentury. It probably dates fromthe early part of the sixteenthcentury, and is very character-istic in style, and fine inexecution. 23 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. you can be with advantage as you carve each apple.
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