Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-05
DRAWING EXHIBITION.
Fine Work Done by Pupils in Village
District Schools.
Drawings Made from Figures Of Various
Shapes, With colors.

The exhibition of drawing now being
given at the William r. Smith Gram
mar school is attracting a great deal
of favorable comment, and many visit
tors are calling at the room to see the
work done, during the past year, by
the pupils of the Village district
schools.
Miss Grace Elliot, who has had
charge of the work, has been very sue
cessful, and it is safe to say that no
better teaching is being given in any
schools of the State. The pupils take
a lively interest in their work, and the
past year has shown decidedly
marked improvement in their work.
AS you enter the hall upon the right
will be seen various color charts from
which the children are taught the
names of the different spectrum colors.
and the different harmonies of color.
Next are four sheets of historic orna-
ment representing the architecture and
ornament of the Greek, Roman,
byzantine. Romanesque and Gothic
styles. These are studied by pupils in
the higher grades, and a few examples
are copied by them.
Then follow the drawings from the
different schools. Laurel hill furnishes
drawings of borders and borders con-
structed in colored paper, illustrating
the principles of repetition and alter
nation of units. Center designs made
in paper, drawings of leaves from
nature and pattern of triangular
prisms Farther down the hall on a
table will be found some clay and con-
structed work from this school,
Next in order comes the work of the
Grove street school. The work of the
first two years is similar to that just
described with the addition of draw
ings of the bean plant and young
maple. In these grades the children
study the simplest type solids. the
sphere. cylinder cube hemisphere.
hemicylinder and half cube or tri-
angular prism. A number of objects
like the type solids will be found on
the tables which have been collected
by the children. and many objects
made from clay either of the type
solids or similar forms. In grades three
a 60, I,
advanced a little: new solids are
studied. The ellipsoid, ovoid, cone,
square pyramid and square and circu-
lar frustum. More difficult borders of
Greek frets are drawn, the Greek and
Maltese crosses are cut from paper
and afterwards drawn. Colored paper
designs for borders, centers and sur
face patterns are made. The drawing
from leaves and plants is continued
and the constructive work is more
difficult
The work of the J. o. Webster school
is next in order and in the two lowest
classes will be seen to be similar to
that of the Grove street school, with a
few exceptions, as the classes are not
graded the same. The fourth, fifth and
sixth grades are in the same room and
will be found to be similar to the fifth
grade with a few variations.
The work of the William r. Smith
school occupies three sides of the hall,
beginning with the lowest grade. The
two lowest grades are each in separ-
ate room and can therefore do more
constructive work than where two
grades are in one room. Since the
work of the third and fourth grades
has been described. we will begin here
with the fifth grade. With this class
the work is begun by a synthetic re-
view of form, taking plane figures
which form the faces of the solid and
working up to the solid again. Here
simple working drawings of the solids
and simple objects are made and after
wards few are constructed in paper
from the drawing. Model drawing is
begun with some idea of the principles
involved, and groups of objects are
drawn Color which has previously
been studied only that the colors might
be recognized and named, Is now
studied with reference to it's harmony
and the simplest harmony Ca dominent
harmony is made in paper. the child
selecting the best three out of a color
scale of five tones. The border designs
this wear are made from original modi-
fled ceometric units which have been
suggested by historic examples copied
by the class.
In the sixth grade the work IS ad-
vanced to more difficult drawings OF
the same nature as in the fifth grade.
with the additional principle IN design
of modified biateral units used in Dor
ders and for surface design. In this
class nature drawing is first adapted
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