. School catalog, 1917-1918. COURSE IN ILLUSTRATION HIS course includes study in drawing and paintingfrom casts, the living model, nature and objects;costume and drapery ; anatomy, and decorativelettering. Original composition for book plates,^ head and tail pieces, initial letters, covers, posters,and general decorative illustration in various- mediums. Sessions are held regularly, at which compositions are requiredfrom every student. Originality in thought and treatment is the aimof these classes. The compositions are criticised with special refer-ence to their sincerity and Members
. School catalog, 1917-1918. COURSE IN ILLUSTRATION HIS course includes study in drawing and paintingfrom casts, the living model, nature and objects;costume and drapery ; anatomy, and decorativelettering. Original composition for book plates,^ head and tail pieces, initial letters, covers, posters,and general decorative illustration in various- mediums. Sessions are held regularly, at which compositions are requiredfrom every student. Originality in thought and treatment is the aimof these classes. The compositions are criticised with special refer-ence to their sincerity and Members of the advanced section work from the costumedmodel five periods a week, and are also given practice in the con-struction of imaginary heads and poses, so that they may be enabledto express varied character without reference to a model. Lantern slide lectures, showing the best examples of contem-poraneous illustration, are given several times a year. The three sections of this class constitute a course based upona general preliminary training developed in the first section by anespecial study of nature forms and structure, and the direct applica-tion of this to various themes. In both the first and second sectionscompetitive problems supplied by business establishments and organi-zations are marked features, and in the third section practical demon-strations of original work are required through reproductions. 25
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