Identifier: drawingpaintings00cros (find matches)
Title: Drawing and painting self-taught
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Cross, Anson K. (Anson Kent), 1862-1944 Cross, Evelyn F. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Drawing Painting
Publisher: Winthrop, Mass., A. K. Cross
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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, then with lefteye. Sit high and aim. Sit low and aim. Note that ruler strikesGlass at a different point each time the position of eye is changed. Explain carefully correct use of Glass. Show need for keepingeye in one position when drawing or tracing, by making twotracings of a pupils head, the first from one fixed point being thegood picture, and the other an absurdity produced by movingthe eye while tracing the head. Lesson 2. Place pencil in groove at back of desk. Placethumbs on Glass to cover ends of pencil. (Glass can be heldin position with the fingers.) Place pencil on Glass to coverpencil behind Glass. Place pencil on desk parallel with shortedge of desk. Hold a pencil against Glass to cover the pencilon desk. Note difference in length of the pencil on desk and thepart of pencil (on the Glass) that covers it. (a) Study last position when eye is in line with pencil. (b) Study last position when eye is at right of pencil. (c) Study last position when eye is at left of pencil.
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Fig. 81.—From pencil drawing by Anna M. riathaway. LESSONS FOR GRADED SCHOOLS 147 If new pencils of same length are used, this study will be mostsuccessful. Place square card (7%) at back of desk and place pencilson Glass to cover front and rear edges of card. Study foreshorten-ing. Same experiment with oblong (5J^ x 8), first when itslong edges are parallel with long edges of desk, and then whenthe short edges are parallel. (Glass may be held with short edgeon desk for last position.) Study foreshortening and explaincommon examples. Lesson 3. Convergence.—Square card, 8. Place pencils on glass to cover side edges of card / \ / ; 1 \ and note convergence. Study three positions. First, eye looking towardcenter, then in line with right edge of card, and last in line withleft edge. Same experiments with oblong 53^ x 8. Same experiments with square 4j/£. Lesson 4. Tracing.—Teacher draw line on blackboard.Class follow teachers pointer with lead pencil as she starts attop and goes sl

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