. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 58 NATURE-STUDY for the busy tcaclur. And the fact that the oljject has been observed more or less closely in the nature lesson as to its structural details, colors, etc., can only be of service to the art lesson. The changing seasons, with their variety of life and inanimate scenes, add an additional interest and charm to the art study. The nature-study material is especially useful in the art work in the pri- mary grades, since the chil- dren are still ac- customed chief- ly to objective thinking, and their imagina- tive and c


. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 58 NATURE-STUDY for the busy tcaclur. And the fact that the oljject has been observed more or less closely in the nature lesson as to its structural details, colors, etc., can only be of service to the art lesson. The changing seasons, with their variety of life and inanimate scenes, add an additional interest and charm to the art study. The nature-study material is especially useful in the art work in the pri- mary grades, since the chil- dren are still ac- customed chief- ly to objective thinking, and their imagina- tive and crea- tive powers are not highly de- veloped. There- fore the art work must be mainly based upon the observation and representation of what the children can see, that is, actual things. The children's jesthetic appreciation of nature can be greatly developed through the artistic study of natural objects and scenes. To paint a bit of landscape in different seasons or in different lights, to observe the less obvious, thoughno less pleas- ing, subtleties of harmony of colors, subdued hues, and pictu- rescjue details can only increase the power of seeing the beauti- ful in the landscape. Similarly, the representation of birds, in- sects, flowers, etc., makes them more significant and Fig. 5- Blue Jay. ( ri paiiitiii^^ l>y a pupil of the I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Holtz, Frederick Leopold, 1870-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons


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