Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-19
What the Boston High.SchOOl Grad.
Malc Has Learned in Arr.

Eere the element OF shading is brought in
Simple groups composed OF a jar, cube, a ball
| ard so on, are drawn and shaded from the act
ual object giving chance for study OF smooth
surfaces with nicely graduated light and shade
upon them. After this, various reliefs are used
as models; for instance, plaster cast OF
couple OF ounces on twig, with their leaves
which gives opportunity for dealing with shad-
oWs OF greater lnequality-or cast OF some OF
range OF original design becomes wider and az
tie same time more special; instead OF a mere
le. arrangement Of conventonalized flower ana
foliage forms, the pupils are required to invent
their design and apply IL to some particular
decorative purpose, such as wall papers, tiles
plates, cups and lace. In things OF this SORT
and at this stage OF proceedings, the feminine
genius seems to come out ahead OF the ~ ascu-
line. The Girls High School, Indeed. NAV be
called the most fiourishing In the city as to art,
In which the beauty OF the examples ranged
about produces very favorable effect. Rooms
like this have an aesthetic atmosphere much TO
be CeS1red in all the schools. Some members OF
the advanced class In the boys high schools Sc
lect machine drawing for their Chief attention
and have made very good copies from fiat
TO the first steps Of pictorial art-one OF the
girls of the ex-senior class, to cite case, max
Ing sepia copy, of one OF Turner's land
or engraved copy. Naturally. these branches
can not be carried very far In the
schools for Just at this point the com
But when they have reached the Limit, The stu
dents are prepared to go forward alone: and. in
TACT, from there On they will be their own bs,f
lnS' ructors, unless they wish to enter a tech
Holt gcal school, or TO 60 abroad for the bene,ir
OF STUDY with the modern masters of fine arts
Tor ali that they have learned in school is solid
connected, and self-re!iant knowledge. When
lhey copy drawing OF stationary engine or
uare-thIeaded screw, or an engraving after
turner, they know just how to render every
me and surface. It is with them no paint III
initiative job, like efforts Of school children who
mar aged 10 draw all sorts Of things In the old
copy books" without ever learning how to re-
prcduce The same things from nature. The
technical facility with the pencil OF boys and
elllS WIG emerge from this course at the ayes
or sixteen or nineteen is AS unconscious as tue
ability TO write, and lenceforth they can go
about drawing landscapes, animals, human
1igu es, or machines and patterns for them
selves, constantly progressing farther on the
path In which they have been SO well started
To lie sure, the human figures which they draw
will at first be poor affairs because in that no.
best and most difficult function OF art they
have had no practice promising grammar
school pupils were AT one time allowed to draw
from lie at the Lowell Institute, and probably
similar facilities will in time be generally pro-
vided But the processes have been mastered
ana afteI that the proficiency attained In any
thing like ngure-drawing will depend upon
time Industry, individual talent, and Opportu
ity for studying from the life Hayper's Ma0a-
zine.