Evening star., 1901-05-31

Result of Labor.
1T is only by the working of the mind
that results are obtained intellectual
work Is the hardest of all, and men and
women will wrisgle, turn and twist and do
everything to evade' it. But there is GER
tain work to be done. There is no gan in
the hedge through which to creep, and the
sooner and more earnestly you grapple with
the problem with all your might the sooner
you will solve it, Just consider for in
stance, the avoiding of the effort necessary
TO master the position and construction of
the wrists, ankles and joints of hands
dlglts, etc. The want of this knowledge
Will plague you several times within a
week. and yet, by careful study and OBJ
servation, it could be mastered In a very
short time. Again and again remember
that you are here to learn how to draw
and not by patience and ignorant labor to
manufacture drawings. = Look at the
drawings that have won the honors for the
last fifteen years, each award having been
made by the first artists of the land Art
lists, every one of whom has done what
from morning to night l have begged YOU
to do Now, If you knew how MANY An
ished. slicked-up and stippled drawings
have been turned down during these mast
years by these juries and only those built
upon the accurate study and construction
OF the human figure are upon our walls,
you would be the gamer. 1 know from
large experience how useless these care
fully stippled, unstudied drawings are. Do
not confound them with those of careful
study and neatness, for it is only by care
ana ,, neatness that you can deliver we'll
studied figure. Careful study will always
result in neat and careful work 1t need
not resort to work Of supererogation.
Now you are all about to enter upon
your summer vacations Some will study
perhaps at home, some In the fields, some
In the mountains and some at the sea-
shore: In all you do by all means have a
definite aim. So many views are put forth
regarding art and art education that it is
no wonder the students are bewildered.
we visit gallery and upon entering we
| find ourselves in a room of the Dutch
school. We admire their force honesty,
truth and execution. and determine to fol-
low them. In the next room are the grand
compositions and drawing Of the Fioren-
tines and Romans, and we determine
henceforth to be follower Of Michael
But there is another room filled with, the
color of the Venetians, Titan, Paul Yer
| oEese, and even back again to Belgium. wit h
gorgeous Rubens, and conclude that after
all color is the glory of art and here we
will abide. t~..--
''This diffusion cannot but paralyze the
energy necessary to succeed in art or any
work of life. Changing from one system to
another is usually the result of want of
energy, and leads to various attempts. none
perfected none carried to successful issue.
and then trying to persuade ourselves that
the dlhculties belong to the system. and
that in another system we would have sue
ceeded, and so with continual change we
become the proverbial rolling stone.
The Old Story.
ut is the old story Of the poor workman
complaining Of his TOOLS Now, frankly
recognize the difficulties in art, and by
adhering to one system, master them. Art
| is nowhere except in, the hearts of the
lovers of nature, be those attributes of
nature what they may. Now, I have pointed
| out certain pitfalls that you may more
easily avoid them, and will conclude with