The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-23
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your mother. This is proof that you are
progressing in your work. Meantime try
your hand on animals, and indeed on
whatever interests you, studying and
striving 10 understand the merits of the
illustrations in your schoolbooks and
whatever works you have at home. In
vite the criticisms of your friends and
continually strive to improve.
II having been demonstrated that you
have within you the making of drafts
man, you have one fatal error TO avoid,
and, failing to do that, you are as GER
tain TO fail i'll your chosen profession as
darkness is TO succeed day. / refer to
the mistake of supposing that you can
become genuine artist without patient,
prolonged, conscientious mastering of
the rudiments.
Buy an elementary treatise on draw
ing. Study with the utmost pains the
rules and instructions. You will be as
tonished to find how much you have
disregarded them and how little you
know. Your pictures may possess origi-
nality and perhaps be striking in some
respects, and yet you will be certain to
find that you have violated some of the
simplest rules of perspective or shading,
which, unless corrected, will prevent
you from attaining the eminence within
your reach. Make up your mind that
you will master these and guard against
Impotence. The piano student is con-
tinually wanting to attempt tunes, but
the sensible teacher keeps him at the
exercises" until he has mastered all
the technical details and is fully prepar-
ed for higher flights of harmony.
The course suggested is the one to fol-
low If you are living outside of the
large cities, where provision is made
for the instruction of art students. With
this at your command you will not fail
to take the. fullest advantage of it.
When your are fairly started, you will
be surprised to find how little you know
and how much remains to learn.
The most difficult and yet the most
essential instruction of all-that of
drawing from the human figure or from
models-is hcre taught. Experienced
instructors 81 3,Y you your faults, and
you have on. TO apply yourself and |
take full advan age of your opportuni- |
ties III order t. .,ttain brilliant success |
But don't eZpeD to reach that point in |
one or two or Tree years or ever to at !
tain the point that renders further study |
unnecessary. Perfection is unattainable. |
but you can be forever drawing nearer
to it.
There is danger Of parents interfering
at critical time. Their purpose is COM
mendable, but they commit a grave
mistake nevertheless when they do so.
have known young man after study.
ing couple of years in the office of an
artist to show such improvement that
his parents really believed him the
equal of his instructor. They felt 1t un-
just that he should continue to give his
work and time without remuneration.
and inasmuch as he shared their conf.
dence he set up for himself. He was
soon able to earn $l2 or $l5 a week and
is still earning it. The advice of his
teacher, that he should keep studying
and working for year or twl longer,
was regarded as the promptings of self
shness i'll order that he might receive
The benefit of the young mans work.
but the counsel was for the students
good, as he learned when it was too late
20 help him.
1t may be that your circumstances are
such that you cannot avail yourself of |
he advantages named. You are COM
oelled to remain in the country or small
own for number Of years, and there
S none among your acquaintance COM
)etent to give you instruction.
Such being the case, your task may
Dc little harder, but success is within |
7our reach if you will resolutely follow
he suggestions already given. A little
outlay will procure you books of in
truction in drawing, and if you will
'egin at the bottom and apply yourself
vou will in due time master the ele-
nentary principles and advance stead.
ly. Then if you will visit some artist
n the nearest city with specimens Of
our work he will give you valuable ad.
ice. He may offer you chance to en-
er his studio, though you must under
tand that in case he does so the obliga-
ion is altogether on your side and you
re fortunate indeed
OuCCcsSluI atlStS are always on the |
ookout for youths of talent. The work
which you submit to them as evidence
+ what you can do may be crude and
aulty, but if the evidence of ability is
here they will be quick to detect it.
FOUR drawing in ordinary eyes may
ear no comparison to the painstaking
york Of some other boy or girl who has
aboriously copied picture from book
r newspaper, but it is the very key he
wants.
If you wish to become q successful
rtist, then, your course is plain-use
very facility at your command. Prac-
ice makes perfect. If you are without
teacher, copy from nature and do it
nth a constant effort to improve your
York. Examine it mercilessly for de-
ects and strive to the utmost to correct
hem.
Provide yourself with the best in
truction books obtainable ON the sub.
oct Of drawing. This branch has be.
Dfne such n fayorite ono In orr ,,,,hl;o |