The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-04

G-unlight and under cloud? An aIee
IrOba and a cOcOanut? Do you see wha
iI mean by values? I look TO see if the
!; different values are maintained.
Il Then textures Are they flesh
IwOOd, stone, cloth, air or water? Oh
docs the imagination dub a palace
THAT Is white, marble, whether il
/IOOks snow or stuccO? And We call 8
,Zyink and white oral human face
by Imagination.
Miss MinOr.-But the faces are SC
patchy, thu lights So exaggerated
The reds 30 dark. the piuks and yell
lows so bright, the tip of the nose is
always polished.
Mrs. BLdke Then 90 away as fal
as possible and look. The prOverb is
"The smell of paint is unhealthy"
Mss PuLIet.-Herr Fermau used tC
put his face close to a picture as we
stood at the end of the room and COM
pared the real with the painted face.
/ Minor, and you will be surprised at
| the deep cOlOrs that are in any face,
and the high lights.
! Mrs. BLdEe.-TEen l ask myself
another question: Does the light come
| from only one direction? Does one
atmosphere envelOp the whole pic
ture
But color is not all. see you look
happier, Miss Minor. Are we coming
nearer to the answer to your question
So many of US are confident that we
can see-that at least we can judge of
drawing. a7.1E1
Mss P0Uet.-(From the depths of
her chair. Alas The natural eye is
at enmity with art 1t needs train
ing.
Mss Minor.-Why can't we judge
drawing?
Mrs. BJaEe.-Won't you tell us,
Fedora?
Miss PaUet.-You do not draw.
You do not see. You do not know
exactly. But you have general inn
pressions. And you have some sense
of proportions. With that look, OBJ
serve, study closely, as Fermau says.
But sometimes artists prefer to sug-
gest rather than draw exactly. Even
to distOrt, apparently; all to give an
appearance of motion, of life, aud this
is difficult Old Michael Angeles
figures always seem to be writhing or
stretching, moving or about to move.
Miss MinOr.-I believe L have felt
that myself, only L called them "dif-
ferent."
Mrs. BLake.-Individual it is.
When il carries us away in spite of
rules, it is genius.
But shall we discuss this further? L
see that Mrs. stanton and Mrs. Pettee
are thinking of other calls.
Mrs. StdntOR.-I must go now, but
am sorry to leave. / have been follow
ing you, and L am determined to be a
trifle more Intelligent hereafter in my
Art designations.
Mrs. Pettee. Very interesting, am
sure. I've been charmed, but L must
go.
TBoth ladies make their bows and
depart in shower of Good After
moons. The three remaining draw
their chairs nearer
Miss Minor. o, Mrs. Blake, 1
really ought to ru" in and see Irma,
but can't you tell me just a little
more? About the different kinds of
pictures, for instance?
Mrs. BLdEe.-Once / memOriZed
running criticism, so to speak. Shall
/ recite it like school boy? / have
forgotten part of it, and the author,
but it runs somewhat like this: Iu
landscapes look for color, tone, atmOs-
phere, light and shade; feeling and
grandeur sometimes. In figure COM
positions notice the pictorial in draw
ing, grouping, graduation of light, color
and textures, besides dramatic effect,
passion, character.
Miss Pallet Brave, Aunt Nary
Miss Minor has her cue at last. We
shall be looking for art criticisms.
Mrs. Blake AS to portraits, L look
TO see if the face is well drawn, if the
flesh has blood and muscle.
Is it built over bones, or is it oiled
paper covering putty? Then l look
IL. lg Iar
ter, which is the test of the portrait,
never the finish Of the picture.
Miss MiROr.-YOu know that Van
Dyke Brown painted Grandmother
Minors portrait, and when the family
criticised the likeness, he wondered If
the great portraits of the world had
been thought satisfactory by the fam
lilies of the sitters! Now, who should
see the likeness, he or we? He il a
good artist, undoubtedly. Grandma
calls it one of his English ancestOrsI
l see the Vauturs coming, and L must
run. But, Mrs. Blake, may l go with
you and Miss Pallet when you visit
the Art League? Will you telephone
when? Good afternoon. Exit hur-
riedly.
Mrs. Blake to Mss Pallet as they
stand awaiting the Nauturis.-My
dear, why did you allow me to har-
augue when you know so much better
than /? l fear she did not learn much
after all.
Miss PdUet.-It was not technical,
Aunt Mary, and any words of mine
would have been of little use TO that
child How enthusiastic she is! How
she would enjoy studying pictures
with Hans Fernau. L think L will
suggest TO him that he write a hook
for Just such ardent learners as Miss
Minor. SYBIL.
That Tired Feeling