The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-01-20
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IN the sEdiCnre al the Union Sduaro
thlttre TIE other evening was q Young
man who excited the interest Of those
near him by transferring TO q book
which he bold on bis lap rough sketches
Of several people sitting 10 different patts
Of the orchestra The rough sketches
vera not % bad, either, but thst several
ladies sitting directly behind the artist,
after glauelng over his shoulder, couid.
look into the crowd and ia many cases
pick out the originals The sketches
yafisd, some being only the back Of o.
head, o profile, OF as one was, the heads
Of thrge little misses, who had fallen 70
sleep ID q big chair II one Of the boxes.
AteW traclngs were made Of scenes In
the play, but nearly all the studies were
Of perSons In the audience.
The young artist became annoyed BY
the attention he had attracted, and
after the third act left the theatre. A
reporter went after him, aud in the
course ofa conversation induced him to
talk Of his drawings and 70 show a few
Of them. For many years he had been
In tbs habit Of going to the theatres tc
study faces, especially whan the play
was one Of Shakespeare's, or one in
which tho muscles OF an auditors face
are strongly affected by the acting that
Is witnessed.
''DO your visits benefit you'll" asked
tho reporter.
Every much, indeed, Nowhere can |
get su3h natursl expressions as on the
face oiBome one who Is truly interested
in a good play. Take, for instance, tho
play Of this evening, Romeo and Ju.
liet. Here Is a heal, turning over the
leaves Of his sketch.boDk rapidly,
which will make q superb Madonna.
Tho original was that OF young girl
who sat In the same row Of seats that |
did, but who was much more deeply
interested in tho play. These two
heads, turning TO another page, rep.
resent the man and woman who occl.
pied that lett-hand box-perhRps you
remember them-and who looked bored
to death"
no you eyertry your hand on the
actors who appear in the theatres you
Yisitin
ayes, and with good results. This
members Of the profession are naturally
adopts at facial expression and posing,
and gut ideas from mystudies Of them
when they are unconscious Of it that all
tho workings Of my brain in tho quiet
Of a studio could not bring forth. The
twitChing Of the muscles Of the face,
the compressed lips, tho flashing eyes
are all OF great use to an artist. They
eau DO obtained in tho way I haye
adopted much better than from any
model ever saw"
The artist conducted the reporter to
bis studio, and there showed him q
sketch book, each page OF which was
filed with faces that resemblOd some Of
tho actors aud actresses who arc well
known IN this city.
lyon think those are very poor studies
OF popular actors, don't YOU" asked The
artist, well, they are not, they are
merely the faces Of people in the audi
lncO who become so interested In a play
that they go through all the motions OF
che actors, You may not believe that,
but 1t is true nevertheless. Why have
seen people whose faces would change
every time an actor winked his ege.n
A short tour among the studios aud q
little questioning showed that nearly all
the artists Of this city obtain ideas and
models during visits to the theatres.
The young girls, and old ones too,
should bear this fact in mind and never
spoil thcir chances Of going down To
future generations as a Madonna or a
Juliet by shading their features under
tic 1rim Of a big hat.