Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-04

around the nose of the bear. After Sc
lecting the best hair could find tied
il together with longer hair and pulled
it through the quill of a blue heron
feather. To secure the hair l plugged
the quill with hot spruce gum and at
tached a small stick for a handle.
felt confident that these brushes would
do the trick
So thoroughly carried away was l
with the experiment l was making In
art that | neglected everything else.
even forgot to eat. Eventually l was
forced through necessity to fight for
mere existence, and the project had TO
be abandoned. However, l know that
| could have painted a fair picture in
color under those circumstances.
Even after that the longing came to
me to paint something. The natural
colorings that surrounded me were
mighty tempting. AS the golden sun
set softly blended with the twilight
there was always an inspiration and
tranquility.
the forest. all a man actually needed
was the instinct of an artist.
In many instances today art as it is
accepted is the merest veneer of the
true thing. Art begins with nature.
because it is with the products of ma
ture that art production is made possi-
BILE. There are some artists who can
paint pictures of passing interest who
do not even know of what their canvas
is made With perhaps the slight eX-
ception Of what they have read in
books, they have little idea of the his
tory and process of color making.
These artists never made their own
colors or canvas or brushes. All these
have had to be made for them by
somebody else. They accept what col
or is offered them in stores, where they
go to buy their brushes. They go TO
teachers Of art. who have learned what
they know through other teachers OF
art. In a word. they paint by rule
they paint the way they were taught
to paint.
The artist goes back to nature and
sees Il moose running in the woods. He
knows it is a moose because the guide
tells him il is. He knows the differ
ence between the animals also be-
cause the guide tells him. Perhaps he
shoots one with Il modern high power
rifle. He doesn't skin the animal be-
cause he doesn't know how, so he
stands back and watches the guide re-
move the skin from the carcass. He
tastes some of the meat. He watches
the guide flesh and tan the hide. Then
he proceeds to paint a picture OF the
scene. The guide carries his pack FOR
him and makes up his be ! in Il COM
Portable camp. as well as cooking all
his meals.
Perhaps he stays in the woods for
month or more. living under the most
comfortable circumstances. He has
observed many things with his eyes,
but i'm all that time he has not felt the
things that the guide has felt, nor does
the guide tell the artist his feelings.
not being in the habit of talking much.
Then the artist goes back to the city
to his luxurious studio and starts to
work putting picture of outdoor
work on canvas He pleaseS people
who do not know much about outdoor
life. much the same as gay colored
chrome attracts the eye of child. And
he paints all these pictures under the
most comfortable circumstances.
Along comes Il wealthy man who
SAYS: you are great painter of wild
life. Paint me picture of moose in
summertime" The artist has already
painted a picture of moose in the
fall and winter in the snow. The col
or of a winter moose is decidedly diff