Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-20
ART IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
Popularity of Charcoal Drawing.
Suggestions for Treatment Of Heads
System for Squaring of
Picture.

CHARCOAL drawing Justly hCquueH
an immense popularity within the last lew
years, While its technique ia simple, and
e degree Of familiarity with it may be easily
attained which will enable almost any one
to make useful studies, the difficulty Of
producing finished sketches should not be
moderated. 1t ia left for the comparative
few to accomplish work of any great in
trinsic value This fact should not, how
ever, discourage the amateur worker. Its
advantage as an aid TO other work are
manifold, and itS use is highly commended
BY competent teachers, who consider it the
best possible preparation to the study of
oil painting. The distinct black mark
which it gives and the great variety Of tones
depending upon the pressure; the many
different textures which it may be made
to represent BY changing the paper more
or less With il; the ieeiom with which it
permits corrections st any stage Of the
work; its 6rnL ess Of point. and its 3;ynesS,
which will allow the student to work as
long at time as he pleases, may be reckon
ed among its advantages over other ne
dipus employed for making sketches.
The best paper for quick sketching is
the common French charcoal paper, which
is strongly ribbed with psrllel lines, and
which gives the worker the full value of the
first rough and transparent tones from
which all others must be obtained 81 some
process Of graduation. Very vigorous ef.
iects NAV be accomplished by using a paper
with a woolly surface. This 10 what artists
cell tooth" Korn paper, a German manp.
iacture, which has q good tooth" is used
by the artists who wish to produce delicSte
efects, but as any eFasure is elpQst certain
to spoil the work poTIces will do well TO
avoid it. As the student advances and is
capable OF 6aer work q finer and more
evenly grained paper may be substituted.
Colored paper is prohibited BY some teach
ers as tending to encourage csrelesSpess az
to tones and values. Common brown
packinS-papsE is, however, often used for
life. sized drawings of the entire figure, or
other large studies. There is excuse for
this in that the dark middle lint saves
much labor and because it ia cheap.
Use only the best charcoal. The least
expensive sorts are deareE N the end for
the reason thai they do not run evenly,
being now soft and o hard, hence fire.
quent cutting with much waist.
There are two methods Of charcoal draw.
inC-the sne in which the shading is putin
with the ersyon point, nc blending or rub
bing being allowed; the other, in which tia
charcoal is blended with the stump, no
lines being visible ID the modelling. The
latter Is the method in highest favor, aud
is that usually taught in art schools, hatch
ing being noW considered old-fashioned
and inartistic.
Mr.. Frank Fowler has written an ad-
book for the use of students and
etitled Drawing in Charcoal and
CgsyoR,' from which We CLEAN the follow
ing suggestions ss to the treatment Of heads
in charcoal and crsyon. In work OF this
kind it is customary 70 begin it in charcoal,
and subsequently finish with crsyon. The
is not used, however, until the
are all put in and the proportions
Iound to be correct. The outline is first
in charcoal, and sfterWsrd care
drawn with o finely pointed Coute
No. 2, taking care not to make it
too dark and thick. Next block in the
hair with charcoal in simple masses OF light
md shade, rubbing in the charcoal in close
ines. and then using the stump to make
one fat, ever tone. Then put In the halt
ints which connect the masses of light
Ind shadow in the face. Do this with q
clean, mediuu-sized paper stump, By drag
the charcoal from the shadow over
he light. Do not pat on any new char
,oal for ~half-tints, as it Is important that
hat they should DO kept light ct first
Then proceed to put in the dark accents
IT shadow, and to take out the reflected
tights with 9 bit Of bread rolled to . poiaG
The features are thsp brought Into shape
~ using q sharp pointed charcoal and q
mall stump. At this point the charcoal
8 laid aside permanently and the crsyon
AIKEN up. The No. 2 ersyop i1 ruhsed al
,ver tie masses Of shadow already laid in
With charcoal, and is then softened with
he stump in the manner before described,
he crsyon and charcoaltogetber producing
J beautiful suAEIy Of Ione. '"Crayon (,
Iapce,' is only employed for large spaces,
And is useful in saving time, as g large
81 be covered By 1t much more !
than with 3 crayon point. The
lark accents are then putin the eyes, nose
mouth and eArs, Q small stnna hsin- hsed
Q soften the marks Of the crayon; but /
much rubbing Is 70 Be avoided. II the
lead Is to be darkin effect, the stamp which
ias been used for the kalftints may be
emily rubbsd over the lights, thus mskine !
hem 3 gayish tone. The high,Eghts