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Title: Art
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Ontario. Dept. of Education
Subjects: Drawing
Publisher: Toronto : W. Briggs
Contributing Library: The University of Western Ontario, Western Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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prominently.The brush is dried, to wipe the veins from the centre out, before the leaf has timeto dry. The under sides of leaves are painted, after the upper edge is dry, withpaler colour made ))y adding more water to the brush, as also are the stems. Themain stem is painted last, in betAveen the stems that join it. A\Tiile the green ofthe stem is still wet. a little red is touched in Avhere the stem shows pink. Whereone side is very dark, a little blue is added. The transparent appearance of the stems is obtained by using more water thancolour in the brush. After an exercise like the second on jiage 117, the painting of any flower inthis Avay should not be difficult. FRUITS AXn VKOKTABLES Fruit spravs may be handled in a similar manner. Further suggestionsregarding the drawing of fruits and vegetables are given in the Maniuil. TREESInstructions have been given in Forms 1 and 11 witli regard to teaching thedrawinsf of various trees. Similar methods mav 1)0 used witli a Form ITT class.
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155 156 ART The points which each )Hi))il must ohseive in studying ;i tree are: 1. The main direction of growth 2. The proportion of the length of the trunk to the whole height of the tree 3. The width of the trunk as compared with the greatest width of the upper part of the tree 4. The character of the l^ranching 5. The general shape of the upper part of the tree. Pencil should he used fiequently as the medium for the representation of treesin Form III, and it will he iound necessary to give some practice in trying todevelop the power to express foliage in simple masses. Illustrations are shown ofan apple tree in full foliage, rendered in pencil, and a brush and ink drawing ofthe same tree in Winter. TREES IX SILHOUETTE Silhouettes, or ink paintings, of trees are made in much the same way as thegrasses on page 115 were painted. A light line for the direction is first swept inwith the tip of the brush barely touching the paper. The trunk and any branchesthat show may be shaped out nex

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