. Art crafts for amateurs . articular crea-ture will teach you more about it than much looking atbooks, prints and photographs. Not that the latter are tobe despised, for a characteristic photo, such as that of theBarn Owl by Cherry Kearton, whose book is a very usefulone to the craftsman, affords excellent raw material. Thedifficulty comes in knowing what to seize upon and whatto omit when you work from photographs, for if we comparethis snapshot with a Japanese print we see that a good dealin the photograph depends upon light and shade, while insuch a drawing as Hokousais, No. 142, there is
. Art crafts for amateurs . articular crea-ture will teach you more about it than much looking atbooks, prints and photographs. Not that the latter are tobe despised, for a characteristic photo, such as that of theBarn Owl by Cherry Kearton, whose book is a very usefulone to the craftsman, affords excellent raw material. Thedifficulty comes in knowing what to seize upon and whatto omit when you work from photographs, for if we comparethis snapshot with a Japanese print we see that a good dealin the photograph depends upon light and shade, while insuch a drawing as Hokousais, No. 142, there is no light and ANIMAL FORMS. 203 shade, the whole effect being obtained by pure drawing. Ihave spent much time in the Zoological Gardens, sketching,and the result of many a mornings work has seemed poorenough at the time, and yet one successful thumb-nailsketch, however slight it may be, has saved the day. Itrequires some practice to learn to sketch moving objects. Ifound that what one must train ones self to see is the shape. Wi TK0UT No. 145.—Trout Swimming. From a Study by E. F. of the creature, the shape depending, of course, upon theaction in which you wish to draw it. If you begin to thinkof details you get nothing down, so bewildering is it,whereas by learning to take in the creature as a shape, thenthe head, feet, body, and other parts come in as part of thegeneral shape, and you will, after a little practice, be able toseize upon what is essential and characteristic and make 204 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. very useful notes: you mentally snap-shot the animal inthis way. Charcoal or crayon on brown paper with whitechalk for the lights. I have found to be better for securingrapid sketches than pencil on white paper, as the formeryields an effect so much more readily than the latter can. , The student will find that if he has been used to sketch-ing birds only he will feel quite strange when it comes toreptiles or fish. Each department of the animal kingdomrequire
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