The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-06-19
DRAWING

Drawing is one of mans Oldest
pastimes and our oldest language.
The Cro-Magnon people left draw
ings on the walls of their cave in
France and Spain and even today the
American Indians sign their names
in the picture language. The Black
foot Indian Chief, 1.-TWO Guns White
Calf" on the Buffalo nickel-some
of you saw him at the Fair of the
Iron Horse" in Baltimore in 1927
signed his name by drawing two
guns over calf. Drawing is the
universal language.
There are several kinds of draw
graphic drawings all buildings and
machines are constructed. Pictorial
drawing is picture drawing of any
object as it might appear to the eye.
Cartoonists have a way of making
drawings that speak for themselves
while some of the Gauguian splashes
recently exhibited at the Baltimore
Museum had to be interpreted.
The least heralded and most pro-
ductive of the artists is that army
of bareback brush wielders we see
coloring up billboards as we scoot
along the highways. Just sign
painter" someone said. Maybe so
but they are the fellows who sell
America At Ocean City this sum-
mer you might see a sand artist or
chalk talk expert. Drawing is GER
tainly an interesting adventure into
the realms of lines and color.
There were exhibited at the Hob
by Fair at Laurel, Delaware last
week, fine groups of pictures by
Ernest Raughley, Edward Fowler,
Thomas Blanken, and Kenneth
Jones. Some excellent drawings
were shown at the Pocomoke City
Hobby Fair last March and at thu
Baltimore Hobby Show last October.
During the week of May 6 very
fine exhibit of art work was held in
Reid Hall at Washington College.
Among those exhibiting were Misses
Mildred Tryzno and Anne Strickland,
Mrs. Reginald L. Ford, Mr.. Con-
stantino Capobianca, Mr.. Robert Lee
Swain, Jr., Mrs. John Blevins and
Mrs. Carl Cochran.
Joe" Foster, the Sunshine Bis
cult Representative, now living in
Dover does sketching in his spare
time. Thomas l.. Trice III of Pres
ton, specialized in lettering and de-
sign. Misses Kathryn Burke and
Dorothea Andrew and Berkeley Will
liams of fredericksburg get a great
deal of pleasure from drawing. Miss
Andrews made a pencil etching of
Governor Richie at the 1884 Hobby
Fair that highly pleased him. Laird
Wise of Trappe, Md, is now well
known commercial artist in New
York City.
James Saunders, manager of the
Avalon Theatre at Easton designed
the masthead for this column. He
is natural" Up at Centreville
there is young portrait artist,
Charles M. West, Jr,, who is attract
ing considerable attention and down
near Snow Hill, there lived until last
year when he died an artist named
Warren who was supposed to be
Americas leading church decorator.
Most any place where you find
lover of wild life, you will find
Fletcher Hanks etching. He lives at
oxford. Herbert G. Fooks, from
Worcester County, now living in Bal
timore modelled the Hobby Monu-
ment at fredericksburg. Other draw
ing enthusiasts are George Curtis of
Delmar and Harry Strong of Ches.
tertown draws boats. Sylvia Meade
of Cambridge and Robert Harrison
of Queen Anne and Jack Robinson
of Wilmington, Md, like sketching.
You can't tell what you can do
until you try. Why not try drawing
now? 1t is inexpensive and lots of
fun. Few places offer more sub
jects than this peninsula.
Books: - Mechanical Drawing
French & Svenson; Techniques; Hig-
gin American Ink Co., Brooklyn,
New York; Chalk Talk Stunts-Har-
Ian Tarbell; Fun Sketching-Max-
we'll Foster.
Next Week: Autographs and Con-
test!
WANTED: l have a part time job
for a good craftsman who can make
ink tracings.
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