The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07
WORK In A STUDIO.
A PLACE WHERE THE EARLY BIRD is
LIKELY TO SECURE THE WORM.

Fight for Pose-Putting the Question
TO vote-Roarranging the Modei-The
Harmless Lady Student who Is Amply
suppIed--Ber Work.
A studio Is q republic; but It has its
recognized leaders, and there is not unfre-
quently one who by sheer force of will has
established herself as an autocrat and
takes upon herself to regulate everything,
from the model to the clock. The auto
crat Is not always what is known as a
"strong worker l. e. one whose powers In
drawing and painting might entitle her to
take the lead. Her only qualifications
need be self confidence, q capacity of early
rising and temper-especially temper.
In no place more than studio is il true
that the early bird gets the worm; but in
a studio that bird must be prepared to de-
fend its spells. Thus it is great thing to
be among the first to pose the model at 8
on Monday morning; but unless you are
prepared to fight for the continuance of
your pose, you win find that each conner
will want to alter II to suit her particular
taste. Unfortunately, malcontents have
the right to put the pose to the vote; and
1t not unfrequently happens that after
you have patiently blocked in the figure
during the first hour, at O'Clock, when
the crowd arrives, fresh and totally diff
ferent position is voted for and carried by
an exasperating majority, and all your
labor is lost.
THE AUToCRAT AND THE IMBEcILE.
1t is at such juncture as this that the
powers of the autocrat really come into
play. She makes her sketch; and, having
once done so, she takes upon herself the
entire arranging and correcting of the
model What does she care IL he was re-
taxing one limb or stiffening another at
the moment she drew himp She gives one
searching gaze at her canvass; chances with
scorn at those of her neighbors; calmy OBJ
serves, "The model has moved; will re-
arrange him, as / have got him all
in;p and insists on her pose being main
tanned for the rest of the week.
) In contradistinction to his type, which
is always self reliant, and generally argues
with the professor, is the harmless
imbecile, but lady-like student. She begs
every one to criticise her work, and resents
nothing In the way Of comment. She is
amply supplied with every possible
artistic necessary, from white chalk
(Which every one borrows, to mark the
position of their easels on the hoor) to
large piece Of fresh bread She has more
charcoal, better 'flla-plomb," and more
measures and compasses than any one else
In the studio. She is always amiable, and
ready to give out of her abundance to her
needy neighbors.
She never misses days work; but she
can not draw, and she never expects to be
able to do so, She is striking example
OF our want of'acquaintsnce with the laws
which govern the selection of art students;
all her tastes seem In direct opposition to
the somewhat untidy casual life of
studio; but year after year you find her
there, always nicely dressed, always hum
Bile, and always tribe silly. Appealed to
as to whether the model is right or no, she
says piteously, "Oh please don't ask me;
never know The invariably makes the
eyes too large, and, as rule, prefers to
draw only the head, three times larger
than life, on tinted paper, in crayon, and
with a good deal of stump. -Magazine OF
Art.