The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23

day night, in confidence to her teacher,
draw the first night / was disgusted
with you. thought it foolish to waste
time on such things. The more failed
the more disgusted I became and was
almost ready to go home. l thought you
were trying to make me do something just
for the sake of doing it. But when / saw
you take the charcoal and do in ten Sec
onds more than l could do in an hour my
ignorance dawned on me. l saw that you
could do something that 1 could not and
that gave me confidence in you"
The work in the antique class is done
the same way as the elementary work.
The students first make drawings of '.frag-
ments" of the human form from casts.
First feet and hands. then arms and legs,
and tIen heads. When they have mas
tered all of these they make drawings of
the whole figure. All the draw ing is done
in charcoal, and the fragments are nearly
always made life size.
The life class, which is the Mecca of all
art students, is on the floor above the an
tique classes. Only the fnll-length nude
model is used, and the method of instruc-
ton is to teach the student to draw the
man in front of them. Not put man in
the same position as the one in front of
them, but that particular man as he Is
from head to foot. Detail is not consid-
cred. The student must show him by the
character of the figure. There is as much
individuality of character in mans arm
as in his face, and that must be delineated
by the outline before the work of shading
begins The work of putting in the
muscles, veins, ETC., is comparatively
easy matter.
There are not many students in the life
class at present and they have all had con-
siderable instruction before. However,
there are number of promising pupils in
the antique class almost ready to come in.
There is no woman's life class yet as there
are none in the night school competent
to enter it, a fact which was a. little sur
prising to the instructor. 1t was also dis
appointing, as model for that purpose
was on hand the opening night. As soon
as there is even one woman student COM
petent to enter such class it will be
started. The idea of the night class is to
give the same opportunities to women as
to men. Many of the ladies in
the antique class have had
considerable previous instruc-
tion, but the only ones who -
asked to enter the life class - g,
were those with no knowledge e W.
of drawing at all.
1.-THE board of directors is
particularly we'll pleased at n
the number of students we |@E
have in the night class" said
Secretary Martin when speak 80
ing of the matter. '.The EIZ,M
school has been open only IsGM
three weeks, and the showing M
is creditable one. But there III
is room for good many more VIII
students, and I guess we will
get them if they are in town.
.'There has been need for H
q night art class in this town
for many years, but the school XII
was never before in position HI
to establish it. You see in III
class of this kind the tuition Ill
must be low, and the board OH
of directors are willing that it 4 Ill
shall be run if there is enough IA
in it to pay for the instructor, 81
the light and the model,
which is really big part of
the expense"
There can be little doubt but what the
school will soon be crowded, as students
cannot fail to appreciate the advantages
offered them. The principal thing,
though is that it will be the means of
n, rir,rr fo1o h1y <rixy