Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-07
SUBJECT USED MOST
WAS TOO COMMONPLACE
GGNToTHER's DAY AT HOME,
vi has proved to be a successful
ALA subject this week, and the

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AtA subject this week, and the
many pretty pictures were delightful.
Blue ink was used in several of the
pictures again. and others were drawn
on thin paper. which is quite unsatis-
factory Two or three OF the pictures
We're too large and for that reason did
not win a prize.
Be sure to mako the lines strong. for
that is quite essential in pictures to be
reproduced.
There seems to be an idea among
children that the minute mothers back
is turned they must Immediately run
to the jam. The subject was clever
when thought of for the first time,
but after it is used in a thousand diff
ferent ways for many years it becomes
rather stupid. This week five chill
dren had the same idea. There are
many other things that children do
when mother has company which are
quite as ridiculous and surely not so
commonplace.
The picture drawn by Gladys Green
is pretty because of its simplicity. The
lines are strong and none of them
seem to be superfluous. The idea is
delightful and the little girls pose is
natural and graceful.
Marjorie Alexander has used the
commonplace idea, but the lines are
good and the figure is graceful. De-
tails are worked out well, but the per-
spective is not good in some places.
Grace Lawyer has a charmn~ idea
and the little girls are quite natural.
If the lines were stronger and the
background a little darker it would J 9
quite an improvement.
Helen Knecht has clever idea. The
lines are strong and clear and express
sions of the faces are good The fig
ures are cas- and natural but there
might have been more detail.
Lines in the picture drawn by Hazel
Clark are almost too fine for repro
duction, but the effect is pretty. The
draperies are drawn well and the idea
is good. The figures are easy and ma
tural.
Blue ink and hin paper We're used
in the drawing by Fred Padelford. The
idea is pretty. though, and the figure
is quite natural. More regard for de-
tail would have been a decided i'm
provement, and the lictures for this
contest must be larger.
Blue ink was again used in the pic
ture drawn by Virginia Fay. The per-
spective is not good and the figures
are rather stiff.
Lines are too thin in the picture
drawn Dy Eluel fOucIdldH' He plO-
portions are not good and the cat and
dog are not good. Picture frames
should have good straight lines, and
these have not.
1t is rather difficult to tell which
is the right side in the picture drawn
by Milton Basham. The lines are good
and strong. but really it is we'll that
the figures o. the wall were labeled.
Blue ink was used in the picture
drawn by Mamie Feldman. The lines
are not strong enough and those in
the window frame are not straight.
The idea is good, but the figures are
rather stiff.
The picture drawn by Mot Haines is
clever and the figures are quite good.
The perspective is fine and the lines
are strong anG full of character. The
birds are trifle out of proportion.
L. r. Hughes has Used the common
place subject. but the details are good
and the lines strong. The figure has
a touch of comedy, but the expression
is good.
Again the same subject was used by
John Oshanna. The lines are strong