The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-22
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Students lust beginning to paint. and
by that branch of the general public
that does not clearly understand what
constitutes a good painting but wants
TO know.
For the benefit OF people who have
not read the article and will have no
opportunity to read it. will touch
on some OF its strongest points with
celebrations OF my own which those
points call to mind
In the first place. as the writer of
the article affirmS. there is no such
thing a s a clearly defined and uniform
technique in painting Every painter
has his own technique and he may
change IL or modify II at any time, as
occasion requires. ANY method of
working Is legitimate that gets the re-
suit that the artist is striving for In
applying paint to canvas no two ar
lists work alike and no two use ex-
actly the same scheme of color
One viii use one kind of brush, an
other will use some other kind. a
third will use his palette knife for a
large part OF the work fourth may
use his thumb or finger to smear on
the pigment, a fifth may use paint
sticks much as n crayOn or pastel is
used. and a sixth may use any and
all OF the above mentioned ways OF
working.
In producing a landscape one artist
viii paint in the sky and the back
ground of hills and then paint his
trees over these. laying IN the trunks,
limbs. tWigs and leaves with more or
less delicate strokes of pigment repre-
Senting the general color of the limbs
tvies and part of the foliage of the
trees az il would appear under the
peculiar atmospheric conditions then
obtaining. and afterwards put the
sky color around and over this mass ]
Large and small dabs OF the sky color
laid on at the right places over the
first color Will correctly convey an
impression OF the openings between
the tree branches or the punches OF
leave
one man will use plenty of detail |
but coordinate one part or value with /
another in so correct a scale that q I
perfectly satisfying effect is produced. /
while another man can only get UNITY. !
harmony. accent and proper scale or /
distance and color by painting IN Dig
broad masses with very little regard /
10 detail Some artists even rely on 1
the natural color. slightly modified, =
OF the surface on which they are
uafntfuE 10 produce some or the ell
feet they are working for
Two artists who work in an entlrely 1
dfssirsilar way may hold equally high
places in the world or art among
the '-Immortals- turner nlBhI Ds
taken as a good example of the first
kind OF worker, and Corot, OF the sec
ond kind
Science Monitors article truly says,
..nractice.-- in true art. does not make
,,erfecf it merely insures progress
There is no perfection for the master,
simply a quest for the ever beckonlnS
The artist thru his studies and en-
des,vors merely learns by experience
how TO produce certain results. ana
To express them in the ciearest, quick
est and most direct way He climbs
nv storing up in hia mind lasting
impression of what he has learned
thru experiment and then using that
knowledge in future work
a great artist makes you see ana
feel tho truth and beauty that he sees
and feels by his ability to play on
the emotions that YOU possess in COM
makes use OF unobtrusive skill CONF
bined with poetry Of conception anu
discernment. together with good taste:
This writer says The tendency OF
many modern painters is toward real
ism which is not even n phase OF
creative art He affirms. "a land :
scape is not still life out of doors.
neither is Photographic rendering J
portraiture." Here he has touched on I
something that should be made clear !
to the average man or woman visit {
ing an art exhibition 1t is not the
cold copvin- of forms faces. or colors 4
that makes art. II f. the seeing, catch Y
ing and holding Of some subtle and ]
sometimes fleeing charm in nature I
which we all al one time or another !
more or less consciously see or feel, &
and making this apparent to the be I
holder Of his picture In portrait 5
IL is some vivid chara cteristic of the {
sitter which the artist has caught and
brings to the consciousness Of the OBJ !
server that raises IL above the plane OF
n photograph
II YOU. a lover of the great out OF '
doors. see a painting that gives you
the thrill of the great out of doors.
or makes YOU recall with pleasure
some spot You love and YOU feel that y
YOU would like TO have that picture
with you always. then YOU are in the
presence of work Of art.
An art event in Topeka this week 7
is the exhibition of the Delta Phi !
Delta national art fraternity at Bos-
well hall. Washburn college
Work in several branches of the 4
nne and applied arts is display.
done by art students in all of those
colleges OF the United States having !,
chapters OF The fraternity.
The Delta Phi Delta fraternity !
every year makes n collection Of the ;
best work of its members and eX- :
hibits this collection at every college
having a chapter of the organization.
= similar exhibition held at Wash y
burn college last year proved exceed .
inEly popular =,
paintings. charcoal sketches. work in !, =
applied design. and textiles.
Tho Topeka Art Guilds April meet
ins will be held next Tuesday even
ing at the studio home OF Mr. and
Mrs. George NJ stone in Highland
Park. 5
There has been considerable com
paint of late years that American
of products evolving n
the use OF art in their designing. are =
not giving enough encouragement to II
designers. consequently their products n
90 not compare well with the same A
articles manufactured abroad.
In view of this complaint. II is in "
.erestirr- y, note that ti1e Arr Alliance r
Of America viii hold its sixth annual =
competition and exhibition of textile y
designs and hand decorated textiles at i
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