OTVRSEQF STVTOf INARTFOKTHE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF SCHOOL TO BE VSED WITH -TEXT BOOKS OF AFX EDUCATION BONNIE E. SNOW . FROBHLICH PRANC CQMPANV BOSXOK CHICAGO .. COVRSE STVDYINARG FOR THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS IN SCHOOL X X X X TX> BE VSED WITH TE^XT BOOKS OF ART EDVCATION BONNIE E. SNOW HVCO D.FROEHLICH COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY THE PRANG EDUCATIONAL COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY THE PRANG EDUCATIONAL COMPANY Introductory Note. These outlines are planned to accompany Text Books of Art Education, Books I to VII, and will give to the teacher the author's interpretation of the books, with suggestions as to the best use of the material and subject matter which the volumes contain. The plan can best be carried out if each child is furnished with the Text Book corresponding to his grade. While each supervisor or teacher will doubtless find it neces- sary to modify and adapt this plan of work to suit local conditions, it is believed that the outlines present a practical and compre- hensive course of study in Art Education. iii 206GOO4 GENERAL SUGGESTIONS THE subjects treated in these outlines are classified in the Text Books under the following heads: I. Landscape, or Out of Doors ; 1 1. Plant Life, or Growth, Blossom, Fruit; III. Human and Animal Life, or Life and Action; IV. Still Life, or Beauty in Com- mon Things; V. Perspective, or Apparent Direction of Edges and Outlines ; VI. Geometry, or Measuring and Planning; VII. Design, in- cluding Pure Design, Decorative Design, and Constructive Design. For obvious reasons the lessons outlined do not follow the arrangement of pages in the Text Books. The season of the year, its available material, local surroundings and conditions, and the general course of study must determine very largely when certain subjects may best be taught, which subjects may wisely be expanded and which contracted or omitted. Each teacher should control her own equip- ment for work. To a greater degree than is often realized the success or the failure of a lesson is due to the character of the teacher's prepara- tion. The practical value of wisest thought and clearest insight depends finally on skilful execu- tion ; and such execution necessitates thoughtful GENERAL SUGGESTIONS planning of details and the provision of all needed accessories. Otherwise, there is confusion, waste of time and energy, and a final result of discour- agement and needless failure. Water-color is the most desirable medium for color work. The results, artistically considered, are more satisfactory than those obtained through the use of pastels, wax crayons, and colored chalks. While beautiful results are sometimes obtained with these mediums, the impossibility of pre- serving the picture renders them less practicable for school use than water-color. Wax crayons often produce scratchy lines and uneven effects. Chalks are usually crude in color, and for that reason do not tend to cultivate a refined color sense. In fact, any dry medium in the hands of the children is apt to result in littleness and tightness of work. It is only the brush that responds at once to the impulse in the mind of the artist. This individuality of expression is one of the greatest charms of Japanese art. Ex- perience has proved again and again the desira- bility of using water-colors as a medium of expression with little children. They have been successfully used even in the Kindergarten. No brush smaller than No. 7 should be used, GENERAL SUGGESTIONS and No. 8 is recommended. In addition to the three-color box and the large brush, each pupil should be provided with a small sponge or soft clean piece of cotton cloth, a bit of blotting paper frequently renewed, and a water-color pan. These pans should be of uniform size, and not less than i inches deep. If those in the market cannot be obtained, the little pans can be made at any tinshop and painted inside with white enamel. The teacher who has tried to distribute and gather a large number of water holders of varied sizes and shapes, will appreciate the advantages of a uniform set. The common Manila paper known as practice paper is suitable for water-color, crayon, and pencil. Its soft yellow-gray tone harmonizes with color as glaring white does not. Children should be provided with large sheets of this paper never smaller than 6"x 9", and when the exercise permits, the 9 /r x 12" size should be used. In the upper grades, it will be found convenient to have a quantity of large sheets, cut 12" x 18", for use in brush studies of grasses, cattails, corn, and other sturdy growths. To make the use of this large paper possible with the ordinary school desk, an improvised drawing board is necessary. These GENERAL SUGGESTIONS "boards" may be cut from pasteboard that is heavy enough not to warp, or better still, they may be cut from bookbinder's board, or trunk board. Boards of this last named material will last several years. Their use has proved so bene- ficial to the work that in a number of schools boards have been used with all sizes of paper, thus permitting the pupil to sit upright when drawing or painting, instead of bending over the desk, and to see his sketch in the same position that he sees his model or study, as any artist would work. The sheets are fastened to the board by means of a little patented device known as the Niagara clip, which is purchased at any stationer's at slight expense. In class criticisms, the boards simplify the difficulty of collecting the drawings and of exhibiting the work, for but two minutes are required to gather the boards with the sketches on them, and to place them in the chalk-rail, against the blackboard, in full view of the class. For wash-drawings, silhouettes, or any work in neutral values, the Prang black water-color may be used, as a much more convenient medium than ink. In the first grade, if the pencil is used at all it should be of large soft lead. Even this is less desirable for little children than black GENERAL SUGGESTIONS crayon or charcoal. For outline drawing, a piece of crayon or charcoal should be sharpened at the end ; for mass drawing, the side of a piece about an inch long should be rubbed over the paper. In grades above the second, the Prang Sketching Pencil is an excellent pencil for general use. Colored crayons of the quality usually supplied in schools are used to the best advantage in decorative work, although even here preference should be given to water-color. All studies of plant growth and of still life should be arranged against a suitable background. A very simple and practical background can be made by tying two tall pieces of heavy pasteboard together, like a book-cover, and standing them on edge. Or, two pieces of wood from a soap-box may be nailed together at right angles, the upright board measuring i2 r 'x 19", the bottom board i2"x 12". Studies can be placed on the horizontal board, and a tinted paper arranged against the upright, for a background. Of course, these background devices are to be placed on boards across aisles, or better still on small stands or tables especially planned for this purpose. No lesson in plant growth or still life should be attempted unless at least six studies are arranged for a class of GENERAL SUGGESTIONS forty-eight pupils. One study should be arranged in front of every other aisle. The lessons are planned on a basis of a daily twenty-minute period in the first three grades; a half-hour period three times a week in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, and a three-quarter hour period twice a week in the seventh and eighth grades. Where conditions make it neces- sary or best to depart from these plans, the lessons may easily be adapted to particular cases. The great purpose of these lessons is to lead the child to see beauty in some phase of his en- vironment. His insight is deepened, his field of vision enlarged, and his ideals shaped by as- sociating what he himself sees with what others have seen and expressed, in pictures and in literature. This is the inestimable value of the beautiful illustrations, poems, and text of the books. COURSE OF STUDY IN ART FIRST YEAR IN SCHOOL BOOK I is to be in the hands of the children in lessons in which the teacher desires to make use of the pictures as a basis for conversational or language work. They may receive much benefit from the pictures, long before they are able to read the text. After interest has been awakened in the picture, and much discussion of their own similar observation and experience has been held with the children, the teacher may read the lessons to them, while their eyes follow the printed words. In later lessons, when the children are able to read quite freely for themselves, the teacher need not hesitate to pronounce for the children any words which they cannot read. Under favorable conditions, children should be able to read from the books after being three months in school. Outline for the Month of September. FIRST WEEK. General acquaintance with school-room conditions, especially with the new book. Show children the pictures ; let them discuss them freely. Lead discussions particu- larly to the thought suggested on page i. "Where is the little girl? What is she doing? She wishes to know if the day will be pleasant so that she may play out of doors, or go to a picnic, or wear her new dress to school. What color is the sky on a pleasant day ? " SECOND .WEEK. Acquaintance with the paint-box, the brush, and the w r ater-color pan. Give repeated exercises in the distribution, plac- ing, and opening of boxes. Show children how COURSE OF STUDY IN ART to apply a water-wash, or how to dampen the paper. Show how to moisten the cake of color; how to lift color with the brush ; how to apply a clear blue wash to dampened paper, covering the entire surface. Further conversations regarding blue sky, pleasant weather, etc. Page 2 in text book. THIRD WEEK. Conversations regarding the green grass a soft carpet for the earth, making pleasant places in which to play. " Clear blue sky and soft green grass ! I will show you how to paint them." FOURTH WEEK. Conversations with chil- dren relating to clouds : when seen ; their color ; sometimes there are many, sometimes few, some- times none at all in the sky. Paint blue sky, leaving in the damp paper certain spaces untouched by blue color. Add green fore- ground. Page 3. Note : The teacher should not proceed with a new step until the exercises leading up to it have been mastered by the children. It is useless to try for good effects with green grass for instance, until children can apply a clear, trans- parent sky wash ; and cloud effects should not be attempted until blue sky and green foreground can be rendered satisfactorily. " One step at a time and that done well Is a very good rule." FIRST YEAR IN SCHOOL Outline for the Month of October. FIRST WEEK. Conversational lessons based on page 14. Paint from large showy flower, of strong characteristics, such as is suggested on page 15. Vary with exercises from bright ber- ries, as on page 18. SECOND WEEK. Conversational lessons based on page 4. Compare with pages 2 and 3. Relate to evening effects and rainy days, as observed by the children. These simple effects in grays may be done in charcoal mass, or with the brush and ink or black water-color. THIRD WEEK. Silhouettes of seed-pods, grasses, or grains, in large size, on narrow panels of paper. Try for size, placing, shape, and char- acteristic growth. Be sure that specimens are interesting and well arranged against background for children to see. Pages 16 and 17. FOURTH WEEK. Conversational lessons on the pumpkin its use, how and where it grows, what we do with it on Hallowe'en, etc. Paint from large specimen, of rich color. Use pages 19 and 20. COURSE OF STUDY IN ART Outline for the Month of November. FIRST WEEK. Conversations relating to sun- set skies : " When do we see bright colors in the sky? Who has seen a beautiful sunset? Who has seen a sunrise ? Let us paint the rosy color of the sunset sky, and the grass, with the shadows of evening stealing over it." Use page 10. Children may memorize poem on page 12. SECOND WEEK. Studies from seed-pods and fruits in silhouette or in color. Base lessons on thought of the harvest time the gathering of fruits and vegetables for winter use, and of seeds for planting in the spring. See page 21 for suggestions. Vary these lessons with exer- cises in paper folding, leading from first simple folds given on pages 52 and 53 to folding of barn, bin, market basket, etc., on page 60. THIRD WEEK. Landscape washes with sun- set sky, and November foreground. Grains, seed- pods, fruits, and vegetables in silhouette, or pumpkin again, in color. Use pages 16 to 21. FOURTH WEEK. Free illustration in charcoal or crayon of stories based on the Thanksgiving FIRST YEAR IN SCHOOL idea. Paper folding of Priscilla kerchief, table- cloth, napkins, etc. Outline for the Month of December. FIRST WEEK. If snow is on the ground, give landscape washes to represent blue sky, leaving lower part of paper uncolored, to repre- sent snow. Give conversational lessons based on snow sports and games. Discuss pages 26 and 27. After dramatic action, give exercise sug- gested on page 27. If there is no snow, give landscape washes in neutral values, as on pages 4 and 5, on paper of different shapes and sizes. SECOND WEEK. Winter sunsets. Use page 1 1, omitting tree if desired. Conversation based on page 13. Read children the whole of Stevenson's delightful poem, " Bed in Summer." Paper folding of sled. THIRD WEEK. Conversations based on approach of Christmas. Draw and cut from paper, toys as suggested on pages 40 and ,41. Discuss picture on page 44. " What toys have you seen in the store windows lately ? Tell me with your brush or with scissors and paper." 5 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART Give many exercises in making simple articles from paper and in weaving. Use in this connec- tion, pages 58, 59, 66, 67, 69, or 71. FOURTH WEEK. Conversations based on pages 38 and 39. " What are you going to give mother for Christmas ? Show me in a drawing." Making of Christmas gifts. Free illustration of Santa Claus, Christmas tree, etc. Outline for the Month of January. FIRST WEEK. Neutral washes to represent night. Review exercise on page 4, modifying foreground to represent snow at night. Con- versations based on the moon its beauty and its use in lighting the dark world. Vary these ex- ercises with further drawing and paper cutting of toys received at Christmas. Pages 40,41, and 45. SECOND WEEK. Exercises with the glass prism, to form rainbow colors on school-room wall. Conversational lessons based on pages 54 an(J 56. Teach children names of colors in color chart, on page facing page 54. Give exercise in color-blending called "stained glass." Pages 55 and 57. FIRST YEAR IN SCHOOL THIRD WEEK. Further exercises in stained glass effects, for practice in color-blending. Vary with toy drawing (pages 42 and 43) and with paper cutting or free illustration of Mother Goose rhymes, etc. See pages 26, 32, and 36. FOURTH WEEK. Continued exercises in color-blending. Give soap-bubble lesson, pre- ceded by the blowing of bubbles, pages 62 and 63. Vary with exercises from living animal, such as cat and dog. See pages 34, 35, and 36. Lan- guage lesson based on page 37. Outline for the Month of February. FIRST WEEK. Painting of Japanese lanterns, or other Japanese toys. Pages 46 and 47. Vary with exercises from dramatic action, such as those suggested on pages 31 and 33. SECOND WEEK. Exercises in color-blending, either by means of sunset skies, stained glass, soap-bubbles, or Japanese lanterns. Actions of the figure expressed by lines. See page 28. Render such exercises in large size, on black- board, or with crayon or charcoal on large paper. COURSE OF STUDY IN ART THIRD WEEK. Dramatic action lesson of children marching, after suggestion on page 30. Connect with stories of Washington's boyhood. Free illustration of other scenes in Washington's life. Children draw or paint flag, slightly draped. FOURTH WEEK. Conversational lessons on sphere, cube, and cylinder, as suggested on pages 48, 49, and 50. Children trace and cut circles, and make toy parasol. Page 51. Free illustra- tion of winter sports and occupations. Outline for the Month of March. FIRST WEEK. Draw and paint from budded twigs, especially those of the pussy willow. Chil- dren watch the swelling of the buds from day to day, and draw to express their changed shapes. Page 25. Free illustrative drawing of " wind " pictures. Making of windmill (page 61). Various signs of spring used as basis of drawing lessons. SECOND WEEK. Continued drawing or painting of budded twigs. Page 25. Painting of tulips, if they can be procured. Page 22. Clay- modelling of bowl and flower-pot, pages 64 and 65. FIRST YEAR IN SCHOOL THIRD WEEK. Tree buds and leafy twigs. Making of kite ; free illustration of experiences in kite-flying time, or of other games or occupa- tions. Planting of beans in flower-pot. Paint tulips or radishes. FOURTH WEEK. Sprouting seeds and first leaves on tree twigs, in silhouette, making many different studies as growth progresses. Pages 24 and 25. Outline for the Month of April. FIRST WEEK. Early spring flowers, in sil- houette or in color. Review color chart. Paint tulips, daffodils, crocuses, etc. Teach children the names of colors found in these and other bright flowers and their leaves. Pages 22 and 23. SECOND WEEK. Conversational lesson based on page 14. "Who has gathered flowers this year? Where did you go ? What did you find? Tell me about it in a picture." Give similar ex- ercise in free illustration, using charcoal or crayon. THIRD WEEK. " Here comes the green grass again, ' creeping, creeping everywhere.' Let us paint the beautiful blue sky, and the fresh green . 9 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART grass." Review pages i, 2, and 3, and teach "dropping in " of distant trees, as shown on page 6. Use pages 7 and 8, for suggestions as to variety in the work. FOURTH WEEK. Spring flowers and spring landscapes. Give paper cutting or drawing for " Jack and Jill " exercise suggested on page 9. Make May basket. Page 68. Outline for the Month of May. FIRST WEEK. Spring landscape, showing distant trees, spring flowers, and tiny plants from sprouted seeds. Vary with exercises from dramatic action, involving use of some animal. SECOND WEEK. Paint a "marine" scene in color and in grays. Relate to pages 4 and 5. Paint from birds, if possible, and from hen and chickens. Give exercises in clay-modelling as suggested on pages 48, 49, 50, and on pages 64 and 65. THIRD WEEK. Spring landscape in sunset coloring. Watch growth of plants in window boxes, and paint in green wash or in silhouette. 10 FIRST YEAR IN SCHOOL Free illustration of out-door games and occupa- tions. FOURTH WEEK. Review stained glass or soap-bubble exercises. Continued work from flowers. Studies from birds, insects, and animals. Outline for the Month of June. Children completing the first grade work at this time should be able to read freely the lessons of the book. The teacher should review any part of the work which she thinks the children might take with profit. The illustrations will furnish suggestions for many exercises not worked out in the book or in this outline. Remember that the establishment of good habits of work, a large, free manner of handling the brush and the crayon, willingness to attempt expression of any idea which may be presented, and the growth of observation are all more important considerations than the number of exercises rendered. It is not how much the children can do, but how thor- oughly and well they can do a few simple things. ii COURSE OF STUDY IN ART SECOND YEAR IN SCHOOL The text in Book II will be easily read by children in second grade. Points brought out in the text should be discussed with the children, and every effort made to relate these points and the illustrations to the children's own experience and observation. Other points will be developed by the dis- cussion, and many other illustrations of the subject in hand should be brought in, as opportunity permits. The use of photographs from nature, reproductions of paintings, and illustrations in books and magazines will enrich the imagin- ation, quicken observation, and add to the general culture of students, both young and old. Outline for the Month of September. FIRST WEEK. Children will enjoy making the acquaintance of the new book. Take the time of one or two lessons for a discussion of the pictures, recalling the lessons and exercises of last year. Anything that can be done to stimu- late or cultivate the child's interest in the work represented by this book will have its inevitable influence on the work of his hands. While much practice with materials is necessary, the teacher need not feel that the children must draw at every lesson. Conversational lessons of the right kind are as vital to development as actual practice with brush or pencil. Direct discussion to the idea suggested on page i. Give review exercises in the simple landscape 12 SECOND YEAR IN SCHOOL effects of the first year, involving blue sky, green field, and distant trees. Do not proceed with the added difficulty of page 2 until these first steps are well taken. SECOND WEEK. Landscape washes involv- ing water in the foreground. Page 2. Show children other illustrations, if possible, in which a lake, pond, or pool appears. " Have you been to the lake, the ocean, or a river this summer? Do you remember how the water looked on a bright summer day ? Did you see bushes or trees on the farther shore ? Try to paint a picture of what you saw." Use paper not smaller than 6" x 9", and try a still larger size when the chil- dren are able to put the washes on well. THIRD WEEK. Fall flowers, weeds, and grasses painted in color. Use pages 14 and 15. Children study illustration of dandelion, read the lesson, and paint from studies arranged by the teacher. Use clovers, sunflowers, or any available bright flowers. Adapt paper to size and shape of flowers used. FOURTH WEEK. Simple landscape washes with touches of autumnal coloring in foreground 13 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART and in distant trees. Study pages 2 and 3. Dis- cuss change of coloring observed out of doors. " How can we give a touch of russet or gray-red to grass ? By adding a little red to our green foreground. Let us try it." Outline for the Month of October. FIRST WEEK. "Trees in October are very beautiful. They show us gorgeous coloring, and we shall enjoy painting the bright hues. We must study shapes of trees very carefully, for no amount of bright color will make a bad shape truthful or beautiful." Use pages 4 and 5. Direct children's attention to trees whose shapes can be clearly seen against the sky. Try to get them to make silhouettes and charcoal mass draw- ings from direct observation and from memory. Show pictures of trees. To quicken interest let them paint trees in full color, on damp paper, without landscape environment. SECOND WEEK. October landscape in color. Use page 6. Discuss trees seen by children. Show other illustrations. Paint on 9" x 12" paper, studies involving blue sky, green fore- ground touched with reddish brown, distant trees, 14 SECOND YEAR IN SCHOOL and a fine large tree rising against the sky. Teacher may use large "finder" on children's sketches, showing them how to find the most beautiful part. These selections may be cut out and mounted. Vary landscape work with studies of chrysanthemum or other fall flower in color and in silhouette. See pages 17 and 18. THIRD WEEK. October landscape continued. Vary lessons with silhouettes of grasses and grains, or with color studies of bright berries or twigs of autumn leaves. In this connection use pages 1 6 and 19. FOURTH WEEK. Study fruits growing from their twigs by fruits we mean not only such things as apples and grapes, but any seed or nut that the plant or tree produces. Use pages 16, 20, 22, and 24. Gather many seed-pods for further work in November. Outline for the Month of November. FIRST WEEK. Further study of seed-pods, cattails, and dried grasses and sedges. Make drawings on paper adapted to size and shape of specimen. Children save their best exercises to 15 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART be used, later, in simple designs, as suggested on page 58. The dominating thought of the nature work at this time should be the harvest idea the gathering of fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts for winter food. Draw and paint pumpkins, squashes, apples, nuts, and berries any material which nature affords. SECOND WEEK. Study of bare trees, from observation and from pictures. Use page 7. Children make brush or crayon studies from trees seen from the windows at home, and bring sketches to school. " Who can tell what kind of a tree this is? How do you know? We can tell the different kinds of trees by noticing the growth of their trunks and branches." THIRD WEEK. November landscape, involv- ing sunset or cold gray sky, low-toned fore- ground, distant bushes or trees, and near tree, lifting its bare branches against the sky. Use color, or work in neutral values as teacher thinks best. These studies may also be done in charcoal mass. Make of large size, using 9" x 12" paper. Teacher afterwards selects with large finder the most interesting part, cutting out and mounting a few of the best, and working before the children. 16 SECOND YEAR IN SCHOOL FOURTH WEEK. Conversational lesson based on page 21. Discuss the "life" of the apple; its journey from orchard to fruit-stand or cellar; its uses. Relate to personal experiences. Children write short stories or exercises from material de- veloped by conversation. Connect further work of week with Thanksgiving. Outline for the Month of December. FIRST WEEK. If there is snow, give simple landscape effects involving sunset sky and fore- ground of paper slightly tinted with gray-violet, as on page n. Do not introduce the life ele- ment until these washes can be neatly put on. Vary work with lessons in folding of sled, etc., and with free illustration of topics appropriate to the season, or similar to those suggested on page 37- SECOND WEEK. Conversational lessons re- garding preparations for Christmas. Making of simple gifts, such as those shown on pages 58, 67, and 69. Draw: "What I shall give to mother for Christmas." " What I would like for Christ- mas." "What I saw in a store window." "A picture of Santa Claus." 17 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART THIRD WEEK. Painting of Christmas tree in winter landscape, Page 10. These and similar landscape washes may be used as decorations for blotters, calendars, book-covers, book-marks, and a hundred simple articles which may be made from a good quality of white or tinted paper, by the children. Each child should make at least one gift, for some one at home. " There's none so poor but he may give ; None so rich but may receive." FOURTH WEEK. " Christmas work and Christmas joys Fill the hearts of girls and boys." Outline for the Month of January. FIRST WEEK. " What did you get for Christ- mas ? Show me with your pencil." Use pages 38 and 39, as suggestions for conversational lessons to precede illustrative drawing. Arrange simple groups of toys, or single toys of sufficient artistic interest to be drawn or painted. Page 44 suggests an excellent idea. SECOND WEEK. Further study of interest- ing objects, such as are shown on pages 42 and 43. Arrange groups to show light and dark 18 SECOND YEAR IN SCHOOL contrasts. Children assist in selecting for a group objects that seem, to belong together. Vary these lessons with industrial exercises. It will be an excellent plan to make the furnishing of a play house with paper furniture the basis of many lessons in industrial work. See page 62. The rug shown on page 70 may be carried along as the industrial work for several weeks. THIRD WEEK. Making of simple design for wall-paper for play house. See page 63. Use water-color or colored crayon, and show many simple designs, from which children may get ideas. Also make design for floor covering. Follow directions given on page 59. FOURTH WEEK. Snow landscapes, in neu- tral gray or in color. Use page 1 1 for sugges- tions. Introduce life element, as children take great interest in illustrating skating, sliding, etc. Vary work with industrial exercise, such as mak- ing of stove or table, pages 64 and 65. Outline for the Month of February. FIRST WEEK. Give lesson suggested on page 27. Precede by dramatic action and by a 19 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART lesson in which the figure is used without land- scape environment. Children should draw or paint the dramatized action not the picture in the book. The same idea may be carried out in neutral grays. Vary with industrial exercises, such as making of settee, page 66. SECOND WEEK. Further study of life, after dramatic action or from memory, as suggested on page 29. Use ink for silhouettes, or cut from paper, as illustrated in rhyme on pages 34 and 35. THIRD WEEK. Actions of human figure ex- pressed by line. Use page 28. Children give dramatic action of running, jumping, sitting, climbing, etc., then try to express by means of lines drawn on blackboard or large paper. Vary with illustrative lessons in drawing or paper cut- ting from stories of Washington's boyhood. FOURTH WEEK. Further study of life and action. Use pages 30, 32, and 33. The "gold- fish " exercise has been given with great success. The children paint the fish, and then, when they are nearly dry, wash the blue-green color over them. Do this exercise on large paper. 20 SECOND YEAR IN SCHOOL Outline for the Month of March. FIRST WEEK. Pages 48 and 49. Vary with sil- houettes from twigs and branches placed in water in the school-room. Children watch the swelling buds and paint or draw them from day to day. SECOND WEEK. Pa ges 50 and 51. Vary lessons with illustrative exercises based on Mother Goose rhyme (see pages 40 and 41), or on topics selected from page 37. THIRD WEEK. Pages 52 and 53. Vary work by asking children to make silhouettes of animal shapes, and to repeat them to form borders. See page 57. Apply these decorations in some way similar to suggestions on page 58. FOURTH WEEK. Pussy willows or other early twigs and tree buds in color. Page 23. Vary with exercises on color chart to review names of color. Page 56. Give exercise in stained glass effects for practice in color-blending. Page 55. Outline for the Month of April. FIRST WEEK. Further exercise in color- blending for soap-bubbles or stained glass. 21 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART These lessons are of immediate benefit in flower painting. Use tulips, daffodils, or other bright spring flowers in lessons following these exer- cises in color-blending. SECOND WEEK. Flowers or twigs in color. Silhouettes of sprouting seeds or young plants. Vary with illustrative exercises appropriate to the season, as suggested on page 36. THIRD WEEK. Upon some rainy day in April, give exercise suggested on page 12. Pre- cede by exercise representing a gray day, without the figure. Vary work of week with flower stud- ies. Pages 23 and 25. FOURTH WEEK. Spring landscapes, involv- ing blue sky, green field, and distance, in fresh spring coloring. Make May baskets. Outline for the Month of May. FIRST WEEK. Spring landscapes, involving sunset effects, and "marine" effects. Children might paint to illustrate the following: " Once I got into a boat, Such a pretty little boat ! Just as the day was dawning, 22 SECOND YEAR IN SCHOOL And I took a little oar And I pushed off from the shore, So very, very early in the morning." Vary the work of the week with illustrative draw- ing of occupations or games appropriate to the season. See pages 46 and 47. SECOND WEEK. Paint from hen and chick- ens brought to school, or from rooster. See page 31. Vary the work with landscape or flower paint- ing, or with other exercises in painting goldfish. THIRD WEEK. Children may try to find flowers and leaves with which to lay a color circle, similar to the one shown on page 54. Review names of colors. Try to find the different colors at home, in worsted, beads, silks, or ribbons, and bring to school, to match with colors in chart. Vary this work with exercises in representing night effects in neutral washes. See pages 8 and 9. Children might make their own picture, illus- trating " There's a ship on the sea, And it's sailing to-night." Use color for this if preferred. FOURTH WEEK. Conversational lesson based on page 13. "Have you been to a picnic this year ? Where did you go ? Who was with you ? 23 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART What did you do ? Tell about it in a picture." When opportunity permits, use page 26 for simi- lar lessons. u Who has been to a circus ? Did you see many different animals? Draw or cut the different animals you saw there." See page 32. Outline for the Month of June. The last weeks of the school year afford an opportunity for a review of any line of work the teacher thinks might best be taken. Or, the children may emphasize some particular line of constructive design, such as clay-modelling. It is hoped that many schools will introduce clay- modelling upon a more serious and a much more profitable basis, than has been the custom hereto- fore. The exercises in modelling given in these books will be of greatest value when the results of the lesson can be fired in a kiln, and thus become durable and portable. Pages 60 and 61 suggest simple and beautiful forms, that may be modelled, decorated, and fired. 24 In third grade, children are able to spend some time in the prepa- ration of a lesson, before coming to class. They should be led to work more independently than has been possible up to this time, and should be encouraged to carry out some of the lessons at home, or outside of the class recitation or the school-room. Such exercises as those given on pages 1 2 and 37 are suggestions for home work. It need scarcely be said that the illustrations in the books are not to be copied, except where such direction is definitely given. But they are to show the children how certain ideas have been expressed, and to help them to express similar ideas in a similar way. Use all the illustrations available from other sources. Outline for the Month of September FIRST WEEK. Devote a lesson or two to the discussion of the new book. Let children enjoy the pictures, recalling the exercises they did last year. When the books have been examined and enjoyed, lead the discussion back to the pictures of out-of-doors, encouraging the children to talk of their vacation trips, etc. Use page i in this connection. Read children the whole of Whit- tier's " Barefoot Boy." Give review exercises in simple landscape washes, involving blue sky, green field, and distant trees. SECOND WEEK. Landscape washes as sug- gested by page 2, introducing a road or path- way, river or stream. Connect this illustration 25 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART with scenes observed by the children, and show other pictures of simple landscapes containing a pathway or a little stream. Use Q"X 12" paper. Teacher may use a large finder before the class, selecting from a few studies the most interest- ing part, cutting it out and mounting on fresh paper. THIRD WEEK. September landscape, involv- ing tree in full foliage. Children may practice painting trees by dropping color on slightly damp- ened paper, before attempting to paint them in the landscape. They may also practice drawing shapes of trees in silhouette, before placing them as elements of the landscape. Study illustration on page 3. Then paint a simple landscape and place in it some particular tree that has been studied. FOURTH WEEK. Study of the landscape in neutral values. Use page 4. Make many studies of shapes of trees in full foliage, and place within very simple landscape environment. For practice in using gray washes, copy in grays the picture on page 2, making it twice as large. Show many pictures of trees against the sky, and lead children to observation of particular trees. 26 THIRD YEAR IN SCHOOL Outline for the Month of October. FIRST WEEK. Paint from late flowers or weeds, or bright autumn leaves and berries. Use pages 14, 15, or 1 8. Be sure that the studies are large, simple, and well arranged against back- grounds. Use large paper in shape adapted to shape of specimen. SECOND WEEK. Grasses, grains, sedges, or any fall growth that is interesting in shape, are to be painted in one or two values of gray. See pages 1 6 and 17. Try for large size, free hand- ling, truthful shape, and right growth. Teacher may use a large finder in some of the exercises, showing how a drawing is improved by being well placed in a space. THIRD WEEK. Paint from fruit growing on a twig, as suggested on page 19, or from bright berries, like the bittersweet. Paint sprays of autumn leaves, or make silhouettes from seed- pods. Study a bunch of grapes, growing with its tendril, stem, and leaf. See page 20. FOURTH WEEK. Paint from pumpkins, or in illustration of Hallowe'en sports and games. Relate page 6 to experiences of children. Let 27 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART them enjoy the humor of the picture, and paint or draw in illustration of similar experience of their own. Use page 7 in the same way. " Have you had a bonfire this fall ? Where did you build it ? Was it at night? Can you think how the flames looked against the dark sky? Who was with you ? Try to tell me in a picture how your bon- fire looked." If teacher feels that water-color is too difficult for this exercise, children will enjoy expressing the same idea in charcoal, or with colored crayon. Outline for the Month of November. FIRST WEEK. Children paint sunsets, involv- ing the idea of color reflections in the water, as shown on page 10. This work is very attractive to children, and not difficult for them to do with satisfactory results. Try to get them to make observations of sunsets themselves, and to paint from memory of what they saw. Seed-pods, grasses, vegetables, and fruits studied in neutral values and in color. SECOND WEEK. Conversational lesson on page 5. Connect with children's own experi- ence. Children draw in illustration of some 28 THIRD YEAR IN SCHOOL nutting expedition, or to show the harvesting of various farm products, for winter use. City chil- dren who are without experience in the idea of the page may use page 2 1 as the basis of a language lesson. Any exercise which calls for appreciation of " the kindly fruits of the earth " will be appro- priate at this time. THIRD WEEK. Large vegetables, such as the squash, carrot, or pumpkin in mass. Simple groups may be arranged, as shown on page 45. Use stories of early Colonial life as basis for illustra- tive drawing lessons. Paint the Mayflower at sea. FOURTH WEEK. Same work continued. Let the thought of Thanksgiving and the harvest time be the basis of the week's work. Outline for the Month of December. FIRST WEEK. Study the growth of trees, without leaves, after idea suggested on page 8. Lead children to study particular trees, seen from the windows, or on the way to school. Make large drawings, using brush and ink or crayon. Begin industrial work, which may be used for Christmas gifts, as box on page 69. 29 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART SECOND WEEK. Winter landscape in neu- tral values, as shown on page 9. Paint winter sunsets in color. Study and paint evergreen trees in winter landscape. Industrial work for Christmas gift picture mount, page 70. THIRD WEEK. Make Christmas gifts. See suggestions on pages 72, 73, 74, 75, and 79. Cal- endars. CHRISTMAS. God bless all givers and their gifts And all the giftless, too, And help them by whatever shifts Their kindly will to do. When seasons, which our hearts expand, Our purses fail to fill, A word, a smile, a clasp of hand Shall carry our good will. Let him who hath his plenty share, And him who lacks, his lack. Give, each one, what he may, nor care What recompense comes back. If only love his heart shall swell, And kindness guide his hand, His Christmas he shall keep as well As any in the land ! Out greed ! Out guile ! Out jealousy ! Out envy ! Out despair ! Come hope ! Come faith ! Come charity ! And ease the pains of care. Come Christmas with thy message dear And all thy gentle mirth To teach that love shall cast out fear And peace shall reign on earth. EDWARD S. MARTIN. 30 THIRD YEAR IN SCHOOL Outline for the Month of January. FIRST WEEK. Pages 64, 65, and 70. For the decoration of the calendar, use a winter land- scape in three values. SECOND WEEK. Conversational lessons based on pages 38, 39, and 41. Talk with the children about toys received for Christmas. " Who can bring a box of tools to school ? Who has a set of baking dishes ? We can arrange many inter- esting studies from our toys." See suggestions on pages 42 and 43. THIRD WEEK. Further drawing of toys, choosing those which express, in miniature, a dignified occupation, following out the idea sug- gested on pages 38 and 41. Children may mem- orize " The Land of Counterpane," and enjoy the illustration for the poem, on page 39. FOURTH WEEK. Paint simple groups of Japanese lanterns as suggested on page 46. Ar- range groups so that entire shapes of lanterns are seen, for first work. Small lanterns suspended in shallow pasteboard boxes standing on end are best for this work. There should be a group for COURSE OF STUDY IN ART every other aisle. Other Japanese toys may be drawn or painted, as on page 47. Outline for the Month of February. FIRST WEEK. The work to be emphasized this month is drawing from animal and human life. Any pet animal may be brought to school, and drawn in many different attitudes and posi- tions. See suggestive illustrations on page 33. Vary this work with lessons from type forms. Page 48. SECOND WEEK. Study pet rabbit, brought to school. See page 34. Make studies in sil- houette and in values. After practice of this kind, place rabbit in landscape. See suggestion on page 35. For form study, use page 49. THIRD WEEK. Give exercises in figure drawing, after dramatic action, as suggested on pages 26, 28, and 29. In this connection, scenes from the Life of Washington might be enacted and drawn, such as " Playing Soldier," " Chopping down the Cherry-tree," etc. For form study, use pages 50 and 5 1. 32 THIRD YEAR IN SCHOOL FOURTH WEEK. Arrange some interesting costume study similar to that on page 27, and let children try to paint it with water-colors, or draw it in colored crayons. The action of the pose or character may be repeated many times, as the children work. In all this elementary figure and animal drawing, the idea is not the definite study of the proportions of the figure, but the ex- pression of the life, action, and characteristic at- titudes of the subjects studied. Pages 52 and 53 for formal work. Outline for the Month of March. FIRST WEEK. The costume pose studied last week may be placed in a landscape, as on page 30. The idea represented in the costume must, of course, be carried out in the landscape. For instance, a fishing pose, or Red Riding Hood, would demand a very different environment from the one given on page 30. A pretty idea is sug- gested on page 26. Any game or occupation of the season might be taken as the basis for work of this kind, which is partly from life, partly from memory, and largely from imagination. 33 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART SECOND WEEK. Conversational lesson based on page 54. Relate to color chart. Recall and review exercises in color-blending by making stained glass effects. Make the stained glass window design given on page 55, by working with colors scaled from tulip. Children carry out directions given on page 56. THIRD WEEK. Further practice in scaling colors. Use the red geranium. Make stained glass effect, using colors found there. Change shape of window. FOURTH WEEK. Colors scaled from pansy or daffodil. Stained glass effects, using these color schemes. Give exercise suggested on page 12. Discuss the beautiful illustration on page 13. Children memorize poem. Outline for the Month of April. FIRST WEEK. Early spring flowers and twigs in values. Page 24. Begin systematic exercises in design. Pages 60 and 61. SECOND WEEK. Spring flowers and twigs in color or in values. See page 22. Make and decorate book-cover, page 62. 34 THIRD YEAR IN SCHOOL THIRD WEEK. Simple landscape in spring coloring. Children might try to put landscape on page 63 in color. For exercises in design, carry out directions in lesson on page 63. Re- view value chart, page 64. FOURTH WEEK. Value studies from iris or blue flag. See page 25. For design, make lan- tern, pages 67 and 68. Notice decoration. Outline for the Month of May. FIRST WEEK. Paint hen and chickens, or rooster, from life. Page 31. Silhouettes of "farm" animals, when possible. Page 32. For work in design, clay - modelling of flower -pot, page 76. The design for the flower-pot given in the book may be copied, and original decora- tion applied. SECOND WEEK. Spring landscapes in color or in values. For design, clay-modelling of cas- serole. These articles should be fired in order to become of permanent value. THIRD WEEK. Spring landscape involving tree or shrub in blossom. See page u. For 35 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART design exercises, make blotters, boxes, or port- folios, and decorate with brush strokes to repre- sent flower or leaf shapes. FOURTH WEEK. Paint clover, or other way- side flowers. See page 2 3. For constructive de- sign, make doll's hammock. Pages 80 and 81. Outline for the Month of June. General work from nature. Children will enjoy giving this work a tendency toward design by making color scales from garden flowers, weeds, etc., and applying these schemes in various de- signs. The work in scaling colors and blending in stained glass effects is very valuable, and is intensely interesting to children. More clay- modelling, of the kind indicated on pages 76 and 77, may also be given with profit. Look after the general style and habit of work of your pupils. Are they as ready in this branch of work to leave your guidance and tutelage as they are in the inevitable three R's? COURSE OF STUDY IN ART FOURTH YEAR IN SCHOOL This book can be used to the best advantage if a study period is devoted to the preparation of the lesson, as is usual with other subjects in which a text book is supplied, such as arithmetic, reading, spelling, etc. Many of the lessons can be carried out by the pupil unassisted by the teacher, and the results brought to the class for criticism and discussion. The edu- cational advantage of having children work more independ- ently than has been possible where the teacher or supervisor was the sole source of information, will not be questioned. Outline for the Month of September. FIRST WEEK. Devote the time of one or two lessons to a discussion of the new book with the pupils. Let them talk freely about the pict- ures, recalling experiences or associations of their own that the pictures seem to suggest. Much of the work will seem familiar to the children and some of it will be new and of fresh inspiration. Do not begin with the painting of an autumnal landscape, as the present season probably does not suggest the coloring in the picture on page 2, but let children read pages i, 2, and 3, for the sake of learning to make and use a finder. Carry out the directions given on page 3. SECOND WEEK. Read and enjoy pages 16 and 17. Give work indicated on page 18. Use 37 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART large paper, and draw grasses in life size. Finish week's work with lesson on use of finder. Page 19. THIRD WEEK. Fall flowers, weeds, grasses, or sedges in color. Sweet pea, clover, thistle, aster, brown-eyed Susan, flowering bean, salvia, are suggestions. Make large, free sketches on paper of good size, and use finder to select most interesting part. Cut and mount selection. Refer to pages 20 and 21. FOURTH WEEK. Growth of fruits or vege- tables, in values or in color. Make large, free drawings, and afterwards improve their composi- tion by using finders. See page 27. Outline for the Month of October. FIRST WEEK. Study of the autumn land- scape. Page 2. Use picture as basis of discus- sion as to what children have themselves seen. Show other illustrations. Make simple landscape washes, in autumnal coloring, before attempting tree. Lead the children to definite observation of some beautiful tree and ask them to paint it rising against the blue sky, and growing from the midst of green grass touched with red and brown. 38 FOURTH YEAR IN SCHOOL SECOND WEEK. Continued work from Oc- tober landscape. Work on large paper 9" x 1 2". Study page 2, and use finders on several sketches. Cut out and mount selections on gray bogus paper. THIRD WEEK. Shapes and growth of trees in full foliage. Study page 5. Make large draw- ings of particular trees. In this connection use pages 28 and 29. FOURTH WEEK. Trees in foliage with land- scape background. See suggestions on page 4. Use ink, crayon, or color. Or, give studies of bright berries, as on page 20, or of large growths bearing seed-pods, such as milkweed, cattail, or any weeds of interesting color, size, and shapes. Sometimes large Manila paper 12" x 18" is successfully used in this grade for brush studies from this kind of material. See General Sugges- tions. Use page 7 for conversational and illustra- tive work. Outline for the Month of November. FIRST WEEK. Let children read and enjoy pages 44 and 45. Call attention to the pencil 39 rendering in the sketch on page 44* Sketch some simple bowl or jar in four different mediums, after study of pages 46 to 49. SECOND WEEK. Fruits and vegetables com- bined with appropriate manufactured articles. This is legitimate still-life study. See page 50. Use charcoal mass or brush and neutral water- color, or make large outline studies. THIRD WEEK. Studies from barrels, baskets, boxes, and large vegetables, such as the Hubbard squash and the pumpkin, using the accented line. Use large paper and soft lead pencil or crayon outline. Study page 54. FOURTH WEEK. Single objects or groups arranged from such objects as are illustrated on page 51. Or, children decorate cover for pro- gram of Thanksgiving exercises. Outline for the Month of December. FIRST WEEK. Japanese lanterns, in colors or in values. See pages 55 and 56. Give any exer- cises suggested on page 57 for review or for home work. Call attention to the group used as a tail- piece on page 57. 40 FOURTH YEAR IN SCHOOL SECOND WEEK. The work on Measuring and Planning (Geometry) given in this book may be taught with best results in connection with the making of simple objects from card- board or paper. Children should make the tools, for which directions are given on page 67, and carry out the exercises given on pages 68 to 71, either with these home-made instruments, or with compasses and rulers. The geometric prob- lems given may be applied in the making and decorating of pen-wipers, blotters, boxes, book- covers, calendars, memorandum tablets, etc., as well as on the articles described and suggested on pages 72 and 73. See also pages 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 97, and 98 for suggestions as to other decorative elements and constructive de- signs which may be used in the making of articles suitable for Christmas gifts. The possi- bilities of tinted and colored papers of good weight and quality are almost without limit in carrying out work of this kind. The pages re- ferred to give a wide range of articles which might easily be constructed in the school-room, but the wise teacher will select only one or two of these articles to be made and decorated. It will be best, for instance, to have each child make COURSE OF STUDY IN ART a case for newspaper clippings and a box, card- case, or court-plaster case, than to allow each child to make a different article. THIRD WEEK. At Christmas time, children often desire to use lettering in some decorative way. A simple alphabet is given on pages 74 and 75, with directions for planning and drawing the letters. Avoid elaborately decorated letters, or letters whose poor proportions are disguised by means of many flourishes. The alphabet given is simple, is definite in its proportions, and is a satisfactory one for general use. See that every child is able to make a simple gift, or neatly letter a Christmas greeting for some one at home. Outline for the Month of January. FIRST WEEK. Study of bare trees. See page 6. Work from observation of growth of trees and from pictures of trees in winter. Make large studies in crayon, brush or charcoal. Try to get children to draw trees seen from the win- dows at home, and bring the drawings to school. " Who can name this tree ? How do you know it ? How many pictures of elm-trees have we in our exhibit?" 42 FOURTH YEAR IN SCHOOL SECOND WEEK. Study of winter landscape, with sunset effect on snow. See page 8. Study of winter landscape in values. Page 9. Do not copy illustrations in book, but work from actual scenes or from descriptions. For home work, use selection from page 15. THIRD WEEK. Perspective. Children read and enjoy, and possibly memorize poem on page 58. Make sketches from object similar to illus- trations on page 59. Study pages 59 and 60. FOURTH WEEK. Draw from object similar to that shown on page 61. Make two sketches in one lesson. This is more of an exercise in seeing than the definite teaching of the prin- ciple of converging lines. Give lesson on page 62. Outline for the Month of February. FIRST WEEK. Read and discuss page 63. Refer to sketch on page 54. " Is this a wash- drawing or a pencil-sketch ? How do you know ?'" Read page 65. Call attention to the ellipse shown in font, the beauty of its proportions, the thickness of the rim, the apparently greater 43 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART distance between inner and outer edges shown at the ends of the ellipse, etc. SECOND WEEK. Begin study of Life and Action. Read and discuss pages 30 and 31. Call attention to beauty of illustration and mode of rendering. Arrange a "costume" pose and paint with very simple landscape environment, as on page 32. THIRD WEEK. Different positions of the same pose. Page 33. Pose drawing in three different stages. Page 34. Make large sketches, working rapidly and drawing with crayon or char- coal. FOURTH WEEK. Study definite propor- tions of the figure. Pages 35 and 36. Study and draw hands and feet. Page 37. Outline for the Month of March. FIRST WEEK. Introduce study of an animal in connection with figure. Page 38. Make in large size. Show light and dark effects, as in illustration. 44 FOURTH YEAR IN SCHOOL SECOND WEEK. Actions and attitudes of animals. Study from dog at school and at home. Pages 39 and 40. THIRD WEEK. Read and discuss page 41. Make wash-drawings of pigeons. FOURTH WEEK. Read and discuss page 42. Show other reproductions of masterpieces ex- pressing ideas of life and action. Give exercises selected from page 43 for review or for home work. Call attention to tail-piece on that page, and note its relation to thought of chapter. Outline for the Month of April. FIRST WEEK. Study and draw tree buds. See page 23. Make sketches with charcoal, crayon, or soft lead pencil. Sketch from several different growths, at several different stages. SECOND WEEK. Draw from whole plants of wild flowers, as suggested on page 25. Make wash-drawings, pencil or charcoal sketches. If outline sketches are used, recall the accented line, illustrated on pages 25, 26, 54, 89, etc. THIRD WEEK. Paint a blooming plant, 45 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART growing in a flower-pot. See page 52. Or, use stalk or plant of geranium, page 24. Express either study in neutral values, as a second step. See lesson on page 53. FOURTH WEEK. Paint landscape in spring coloring. See page 14. Use apple-tree in bloom, or any flowering shrub, or if this is too difficult, use simple washes in spring coloring to express blue sky, green field, distance, and pool of water or pathway in foreground. Or, paint in neutral values " A Rainy Day." Or, paint a spring sun- set. Or, paint in illustration of the following: " My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky." Outline tor the Month of May. FIRST WEEK. Review color chart. Study page 79. Study page 80, and carry out sugges- tions of that lesson. SECOND WEEK. Definite work in design. Study pages 81 and 82. Carry out exercises as there directed. THIRD WEEK. Further work in space divi- sion. Express areas in values. Page 83. Copy 46 FOURTH YEAR IN SCHOOL simple gingham designs or Scotch plaids. Page 84. FOURTH WEEK. Design for stained glass window in color and in values. Pages 85 and 86. Outline for the Month of June. FIRST WEEK. Flowers in different positions. Page 22. How to obtain shapes from nature for use in design. Page 89. Applications. Page 90. SECOND WEEK. Many exercises in decora- tive design can be given, as suggested on pages 87 and 88. Or, flowers from nature may be painted, as on page 21, their colors scaled and these colors used in carrying out some decorative or constructive work. See pages 92 and 93. THIRD WEEK. Draw an interesting street scene in your town, after studying the text on page 12 and noticing the illustrations on page 13. Discuss the beautiful composition on page n. FOURTH WEEK. Any exercises omitted in work of year, that do not depend for their value on a particular season. 47 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART Note: The authors of Book IV and of this outline for its use, are well aware that not all the work given can be accomplished in the average fourth grade. The fact that no one person or no group of persons can map out a course of lessons to be followed in a locality not familiar to that person or group needs no argument. Every supervisor must adapt the book and the outline to local needs. If this were not so, there would be small need for the supervisor. But the attempt is made in this outline to show the author's ideas as to the proper sequence of subjects and of lessons. In many cases it will be better to omit the work of certain weeks altogether, giving more time and practice in lessons not satisfactorily accomplished by the children. Just which lessons may best be omitted and which subjects best be expanded must be determined to fit the needs and conditions of particular cases. Exercises in basketry, raffia weaving, and clay-modelling suit- able for this grade are given on pages 94, 95, 96, 97, and 98. It is not possible to indicate the time of year when such work may best be done, or to determine, without knowing local con- ditions, how much time should be devoted to this phase of art education. In some schools, one hour a week is devoted to manual training of this kind. This time is not taken from the usual time given to the drawing lesson. COURSE OF STUDY IN ART FIFTH YEAR IN SCHOOL It is hoped that the time is not far distant when instruction in art will be looked upon as an element in education equal in im- portance to instruction in reading or in arithmetic, and will share equally with these studies the time and energy of both teacher and pupil. A daily study period and a daily recita- tion are accorded to those studies classed under the head of "essentials." While the program of the average school will at present scarcely permit this apportionment of time for art instruction, a step in the right direction will be taken if the pupil is given some time with his text book before coming to class. He should " study his lesson" in this as in other sub- jects. The recitation will then be much richer in results for all concerned. Outline for the Month of September. FIRST WEEK. In order to introduce in a gen- eral and an interesting way Book V and the work which it represents, let pupils read by themselves and discuss in class the work of the first chapter on Out-of-Doors, pages i to 14. The regular work in landscape will not be taken up until October, but the text of the first chapter, read and discussed as lessons in literature or in nature study would be treated, will be a good introduc- tion to page 1 6 and the lessons which follow, on fall flowers, grasses, fruits, etc. SECOND WEEK. Study and discuss page 16, Draw from fall flowers in neutral values, as directed 49 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART in lesson on page 1 7. Thistle, clover, aster, golden- rod, or mullein may be used instead of garden flowers, if preferred. THIRD WEEK. Flowers in color. Page 18. Use any flowers, weeds, or grasses that seem to illustrate the thought of the lesson. Try the expression of some of these colors in neutral values. Page 19. FOURTH WEEK. Paint or draw from twigs or branches bearing fruit, vegetables, or berries. Grape, pear, tomato, corn, crab-apple, bittersweet, and woodbine are a few of the many growths which may be chosen for this work. Work on very large paper I2"xi8" and use a finder to improve compositions. Study text and illus- trations on pages 22 and 23. Outline for the Month of October. FIRST WEEK. Brush studies of grasses, sedges, large weeds, or plants bearing seed-pods, studied in silhouette or in neutral values. See pages 24 and 25. A new use of the finder, some- what more difficult but of greater educational value than the one already made familiar to pupils, 50 FIFTH YEAR IN SCHOOL is given on page 25. A long hatpin is used to hold the finder in front of the specimen, in such a way as to permit the part selected to be seen through the opening. SECOND WEEK. Study of the landscape. Memorize the quotation on page i. Study the head-piece on that page. Study pages 2 and 3. Carry out exercises as there directed. Express simple landscape in values. See page 4. Do not copy the illustration on this page, but draw from actual observation of nature, or from selec- tions from other pictures. THIRD WEEK. October landscape in color. See page 5. Carry out directions given in that lesson. Work on 9" x 12" paper, and use finder to select an interesting composition. FOURTH WEEK. Shapes of trees. Seepages 6 and 7. Study real trees when possible, and encourage home sketching of trees seen from windows. Show many photographs of trees. Outline for the Month of November. FIRST WEEK. If season permits, continue study of shapes of trees in foliage. Render in COURSE OF STUDY IN ART pencil, charcoal mass, or color. Add very simple suggestion of landscape environment. Page 8. Use pictures of Corot, Harpignie, Inness, or repro- ductions of any other good paintings. If trees in foliage are not available at this time, give exer- cises in choosing shapes of pictures. Pages 12 and 13. In connection with study of trees, use pages 26 and 27. SECOND WEEK. Begin study of still life, or " Beauty in Common Things." Read and discuss pages 41, 42, and 43. Give simple groups of fruits and still-life forms, or of bright colored vegetables, such as pumpkins, onions, peppers, etc. See page 47. Study principles of grouping given on page 46. THIRD WEEK. Single still-life objects in val- ues. Page 44. Groups of light and dark objects in values. Page 45. Make in large size, using charcoal or crayon mass, or neutral washes. Con- nect these lessons with the thought of the har- vesting of fruits and vegetables, and with the Thanksgiving idea. FOURTH WEEK. Use of accented line in expressing surface and artistic quality. Draw rough baskets, boxes, bags, barrels any of the FIFTH YEAR IN SCHOOL usual receptacles for sturdy vegetables, or for fruits that are to be packed and shipped. Page 48. Outline for the Month of December. FIRST WEEK. Still-life studies composed in space. Study page 49. Work in outline or in light and dark values, as seems desirable. Page 50 suggests many exercises that may be carried out at home, or that may be used for review work or for examination problems. SECOND WEEK. Give exercises in lettering, based on the alphabet on page 69. Study direc- tions for planning and drawing these letters given on page 70. Pupils may letter texts, quotations, etc., suitable for Christmas gifts, using this alpha- bet of simple style rather than letters of an ornate description. The desire for ornamented letters may be satisfied by the use of initials placed within a space, with a simple decorative feature added something like the initials used on pages 86, 87, 91, etc. One color may also be used with black. THIRD WEEK. Pupils plan and make some article for a Christmas gift. An attractive 53 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART blotter and a school-bag are given on page 91. A rattan basket may be woven, following directions given on page 88. The teacher will find many suggestions along this line in the fourth year book of this series. Be sure that every pupil makes of some inexpensive yet artistic material a gift for some one at home. Remember that the value of any study depends upon its contact with human life and its influence upon that life. If concrete examples of art principles enter the home in the form of simple articles well made of suit- able material, the effect will be beneficial to pub- lic taste, and interest will be quickened in the study which made those examples possible. Outline for the Month of January. FIRST WEEK. Begin the study of perspec- tive. Read the poem on page 51. Discuss illus- tration. Read and discuss page 52. Give test exercises indicated on pages 53 and 54. SECOND WEEK. Further exercises on the perspective of circular faces and cylindric forms. Page 55. Groups of two objects, placed to ex- press different degrees of distance, and to show 54 appearance of edges seen through transparent surfaces, and how this appearance differs when an opaque object hides the edge. Page 56. THIRD WEEK. Japanese lanterns in color or in values. See page 57. Refer also to Book IV, pages 55 and 56. Pupils will greatly enjoy ren- dering the lanterns, which always interest them, in color, in neutral washes, and even in crayon or pencil. Use finders on free sketches to select interesting arrangements. Cut out and tastefully mount selections made in this way. For sugges- tions on mounting, see page 87. FOURTH WEEK. Read and discuss page 58. Show other pictures of towers, steeples, and domes, in which the perspective of circular edges is apparent. " Are there examples of this kind in your own town ? Bring to school sketches that will show how some steeple or tower looked when you saw its circular edges far above the eye." Use any of the problems given on page 60, for review exercises or for home work. 55 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART Outline for the Month of February. FIRST WEEK. Geometry, or Measuring and Planning. Call attention to the design on the opening page of the chapter (page 61). Why is such a design especially appropriate here ? Study and discuss page 62. Study page 63 and carry out exercises in ratio there indicated. Study pages 64 and 65. SECOND WEEK. Laying out the surface of a solid. Page 66. Apply this to pattern making. Page 67. Make and decorate simple box, develop- ing pattern from working drawing. See page 89. THIRD WEEK. How to plan a geometric decoration for a surface. Page 68. Carry out exercises as directed on that page. If possible, make a portfolio, a book-cover, a card-case, or some article in which a surface decoration of this kind may be used. Refer again to Book IV, for suggestions. FOURTH WEEK. Begin study of animals, or Life and Action. Read and discuss page 30. Study page 31, and carry out exercises as there directed, working from cat or rabbit brought to school. Work in outline or in silhouette. 56 FIFTH YEAR IN SCHOOL Outline for the Month of March. FIRST WEEK. "Snap-shots" from dogs. Page 35. Work from dog brought to school, and make sketches of dogs at home. Work in outline or in mass. Show light and dark "spotting" when subject suggests this treatment. Use all the fine drawings of animals you can get, such as the Carton Moore Parke books on birds and animals. SECOND WEEK. If opportunity permits, paint from birds or insects. See pages 32, 33, and 34. If a parrot cannot be obtained, a hen or a rooster with feathers in warm coloring will do as well. If in the early spring, frogs or crayfish can be obtained, use these. See in this connection, illus- tration on page 29. Goldfish in a globe will also afford opportunity for a delightful lesson. See Book II, page 30. THIRD WEEK. Study of figure. Page 36. Make silhouettes or outline drawings while model is in action, as indicated on page 36. Study page 37, and make sketches from a pose, working by these stages. Make sketches of large size, using charcoal or crayon. 57 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART FOURTH WEEK. Study the bending figure, or figures engaged in some common occupation. Page 38. Work in large size, using outline or mass as subject suggests. Show pictures bearing on this part of the work, such as Millet's " Sower," "Knitting Shepherdess," "Girl Knitting," etc. Note the absence of detail in these pictures, and the emphasis given to proportion of masses. Outline for the Month of April. FIRST WEEK. Figure with landscape back- ground. See page 39. Carry out directions of this lesson, working in neutral washes or in color. Simple objects with very slight suggestion of landscape will be safest. For ideas see Book IV, page 32; Book III, pages 12, 26, and 27; Book II, page 12. Use as options any of the exercises suggested on page 40. SECOND WEEK. Draw from budded twigs. Page 21. Use brush or pencil, color or neutral values. Arrange these sketches within suitable enclosures. Read the poem on page 15. Study illustrations on page n. Relate to present sea- son. 58 FIFTH YEAR IN SCHOOL THIRD WEEK. Spring landscapes in color, or use page 9 if local environment makes such a lesson of vital interest. The sketches there given may easily be rendered in color. Or, work from spring flowers, whole plants of wild flowers, stalks of blooming geranium, potted plants, such as the hyacinth, or from tulips or daffodils. Use color. FOURTH WEEK. Begin definite lessons in design. Discuss illustration and quotation on page 71. Read and discuss page 72. Review value chart, page 73. Study text. Scale values used in upper sketch on page 10. Locate these values in the value scale. Do the same with the lower sketch on page 10. If there is time, let children make a day scene in three values from the upper end of the scale, naming the values used, and a night scene in three values from the lower end of the scale. Outline for the Month of May. FIRST WEEK. Study page 74. Review color chart. Find and bring to school, flowers and leaves to match the colors in Chart A as the 59 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART buttercup for yellow ; the nasturtium for yellow- orange; the tulip for orange ; the poppy or scarlet geranium for red-orange ; the rose or a carnation for red; the clover for red-violet; the violet for violet ; the bluebell for blue-violet ; the forget-me- not or bluet for blue ; pine needles or cedar for blue-green; leaves of clover for green; Jack-in- the-pulpit for yellow-green. Study page 76. Make a simple design using orange and blue, grayed. SECOND WEEK. Draw the marsh-marigold or any similar flower in different positions, as directed in lesson on page 20. Study page 78. Using some shape found in lesson on page 20, make in a four-inch square or circle a design illustrating one of the four kinds of balance ex- plained on page 78. THIRD WEEK. Draw leaves in different positions as shown on page 21. Study page 79. Using a leaf shape, make a border or rhythm. If possible, apply this in the making of some article, as suggested in the lower illustrations on page 79. Apply leaf or flower shapes in carrying out the exercises given on pages 80 and 81. In all cases where it is possible, let these decorations be applied in the making of some simple article. 60 FIFTH YEAR IN SCHOOL FOURTH WEEK. Sources of color schemes. See page 82. Scale colors found in any spring flower, or from bright feathers brought to school by the children. Use color schemes thus found in making designs. See page 83. Use any of the design ideas given on pages 78 to 81 for shapes or units which may be carried out in color. Clay, paper, or cardboard may be em- ployed as materials in the construction of articles to which these decorations may be applied. Look through Book IV for ideas as to simple articles easily made in the school-room. Outline for the Month of June. FIRST WEEK. Cut vase forms from paper. See page 84. Apply blended washes in color from color scheme found in nature, or, decorate vase forms with simple rhythms, as shown on page 80, using two grayed complementaries. Or, omit vase form designs, and give lesson on mak- ing a balanced design from growth of flower, as given on pages 86 and 87. SECOND WEEK. Other sources of color. Read and discuss page 90. Children may bring 61 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART to school pieces of cloth, calico, silk, or woollen which they think show tasteful color combina- tions. Give lesson in drawing from spray of leaves or a flower growth. Use page 92 in this connection. THIRD WEEK. Read and discuss page 93. Make simple landscape sketch to illustrate verti- cal and horizontal effects. Read text on page 94. Study illustration. Study text on page 95, and make simple sketch of two objects, as lesson directs. FOURTH WEEK. Decoration of a program for " Last Day," or graduation exercises. NOTE : As stated in the note following the outline for fourth year, the teacher will find it necessary to adapt the book as here outlined to the capacity and requirements of her own pupils. The plan herewith presented is only one way of using the book there are many others. If too much work is presented in this plan, some of the lessons, particularly in Design, can easily be carried over into the sixth year. 62 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART SIXTH YEAR IN SCHOOL Up to the sixth year, these lessons have dealt largely with the study of things and very little with the study of principles. Children must learn to draw, and must gain correct impres- sions of their immediate surroundings, in order to obtain a " stock in trade " for future work. But together with this observational power and this ability to draw, must be devel- oped a knowledge of the laws of beauty, for without this knowledge, the end and aim of art instruction will be defeated the child will never be able to apply principles which he does not understand to the conditions of his own life. Ability to draw or paint accurately a flower or any other object is but one step in this scheme of art education ; it must be followed by sound instruction in the principles of beauty, which are included under the heads of Balance, Rhythm, and Harmony. In the sixth year subjective work along these lines comes more and more into prominence. Outline for the Month of September. FIRST WEEK. One or two lessons may prof- itably be devoted to a general survey of the new book. Although it will probably be better to use as material for lessons the flowers, grasses, and fruits which September brings in such variety, a short discussion of the chapter on landscape and of the general features of interest in Book 6, will be a good introduction to the year's work. As preliminary to the lessons on plant growths, the illustration on page 16 should be discussed, and the quoted lines read and enjoyed. The 63 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART remainder of the poem may be found in the col- lection, by Charlotte Perkins Stetson, called "In This Our World." SECOND WEEK. Sketch from grasses, weeds, or flowers in pencil, in neutral values, or in color as suggested on pages 17, 18, 19, 20, and 23. Drawings should be on large paper, in life size. The aim is to obtain free handling, accu- rate representation of growth, and all the points of excellence which are included in the expression "good drawing." THIRD WEEK. Grasses, weeds, flowers, and fruits studied through a finder drawings to be placed within enclosures, with the idea of obtain- ing agreeable space divisions and good composi- tion. This work may be done in color on tinted paper, as on page 21, or in neutral values, as on page 26. Large finders may also be used over the free sketches done in previous lessons. Selec- tions thus made may be cut out and mounted on fresh paper of a refined tint. FOURTH WEEK. Study of grasses, weeds, flowers, fruits, and seed-pods in accented outline. See page 22. These sketches may or may not 64 SIXTH YEAR IN SCHOOL be placed within enclosures, as the teacher thinks best. The aim is to get accurate drawing, and by the use of the accented line to express the character and quality of the various parts. In all of these lessons pupils should study the text and discuss it in class. The lesson on page 25 may be used as a reading lesson with an interest- ing discussion as to the use of plant forms in design. Outline for the Month of October. FIRST WEEK. Study of the landscape. Dis- cussion of any masterpiece in which picture planes foreground, middle distance, and distance are apparent. Show a number of pictures in which these planes are well defined. Lead pupils, through this picture study, to a better under- standing of how to express various degrees of distance in their own landscapes. In this con- nection use also the illustrations on pages i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10. Give exercises as suggested on pages 3 and 4, using charcoal, pencil, or wash. SECOND WEEK. Landscape in color. Work with the idea of expressing three planes. See 65 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART page 5. Sketches made at this season should of course be done in autumnal coloring. Children may work from pictures, from landscape drawings placed on the blackboard, or they may sketch out of doors. Encourage pupils to sketch out of doors, and to reproduce from memory color effects which they have observed out of school. THIRD WEEK. Further work in painting landscapes. Page 9 suggests interesting exer- cises in landscape composition. Sketches should be made at least twice as large as the illustrations in the book. FOURTH WEEK. Study of individual trees. Pages 6 and 7. Trees may be drawn in foliage or with bare branches, as the season permits. Use medium best adapted to tree studied. Read and discuss text. Encourage home work. Sketches of trees seen at home, in the park, or along the street may be made outside of school, and brought to class for criticism. Teacher should make an exhibition of trees sketched at home. " How many different kinds were drawn? How many of each kind? How can we tell the different kinds of trees ? " 66 SIXTH YEAR IN SCHOOL Outline for the Month of November. FIRST WEEK. Use of photographs, maga- zine illustrations, or any such material, to develop the use of the finder upon large compositions. The text on pages 10 and 1 1 explains this. Each pupil should work from some arrangement which he himself has found within a larger picture. Teacher may make class exhibition and give class criticism. SECOND WEEK. Continue the work, or give exercises suggested on pages 12 and 13. Pupils might take a composition from last week's work, and express it in two different arrangements of values. Be careful to choose a sketch that shows a few large shapes, rather than one that shows many small ones. THIRD WEEK. Carry out suggestion on page 14, or give any of the Home Exercises on page 15. FOURTH WEEK. Make a folder of gray or tinted paper, and plan upon it a decoration for a Thanksgiving program, or for a menu for a Thanksgiving dinner. Use a simple landscape 67 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART motive for the decoration. Any other work appropriate to the Thanksgiving season may be substituted for this week's work. Outline for the Month of December. FIRST WEEK. Ability to letter titles, quota- tions, program covers, Christmas greetings, etc. in a simple, legible style, is a very useful accom- plishment, and one that the pupils of this grade can turn to good account in the making of Christmas gifts. The alphabets of capital and small letters on page 68 should be accurately copied in their diagrams, the peculiarities of each letter being noted. The letters should be made twice as large as those in the book. The diagram should be laid out with a ruler and square corner, according to the instructions given in the text on page 69. SECOND WEEK. Let pupils work out the lesson given on pages 70 and 71. Or they may letter on tinted paper, in the style of letters given on page 68, some quotation or Christmas greet- ing, using an ornamental initial letter if desired. This lettering may be done in black and one 68 SIXTH YEAR IN SCHOOL color, or gold may be used alone or mixed with a color. THIRD WEEK. Let the work of this week be devoted to the making of some simple article which shall be really beautiful. The photograph album shown on page 103 may be made in school so may the calendar mount on page 92, and also the mount suggested in problems 4 and 5 on page 104. Any boy who is handy with a jack- knife can make the match scratcher on page 97, the bracket on page 98, or the matchbox on page 99. In schools supplied with a kiln for firing pottery, the exercises suggested on pages 94 and 95 may be carried out. Whatever is made in connection with the Christmas season should ex- press in a simple way the art training which the children have received. Avoid the tawdry, over- decorated articles made of unworthy materials. Let all the work be characterized by simplicity and good taste. FOURTH WEEK. Finish Christmas work. " May every soul that touches thine, Be it the slightest contact, get therefrom some good, Some little grace ; one kindly thought, One aspiration unfelt before ; one bit of courage For the darkening sky, one gleam of faith ! " 6 9 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART Outline for the Month of January. FIRST WEEK. Study of Still Life. Read and discuss quotation on page 40. Study illus- tration. Sketch from some such object as that illustrated on page 41. Express the same object in several different mediums as suggested in les- sons on pages 41, 42, and 43. SECOND WEEK. Study of rims and handles. Pages 45 and 46. Sketch group of simple objects in accented outline, as suggested on page 46. THIRD WEEK. Still life objects sketched on tinted paper. See page 47. Use charcoal and white chalk to express dark values and high lights. Make sketches in large size. FOURTH WEEK. Still life in composition. The finder may be used on some of the sketches made in former lessons to secure a good arrange- ment of shapes within an area. Groups of still life should also be studied through a finder. These groups may be sketched in outline and finished in two or three values, or they may be left as line compositions. 70 SIXTH YEAR IN SCHOOL Outline for the Month of February. FIRST WEEK. Further study of still -life groups through a finder. Draw on tinted paper, and finish in pencil or in wash, according to values suggested by the study. See page 48. Color may also be used, in flat tones, if teacher thinks best. SECOND WEEK. Study of Perspective. Read and discuss text on page 51. Relate to experience of pupils. Recall foreshortening of horizontal surfaces studied in Books IV and V. From some simple rectangular object, give the positions indicated on pages 52, 53, and 54. Make drawings of large size, and extend the lines to show convergence. THIRD WEEK. Continue study of converg- ing lines and foreshortened surfaces, as seen in tables, chairs, etc. See pages 55 and 56. Make drawings in large size. FOURTH WEEK. Leading lines of a build- ing studied and drawn on large paper, with lines extended to show convergence. Do not go into details, but aim only to establish the fact that horizontal retreating edges when seen above the COURSE OF STUDY IN ART level of the eye appear to slant down ; that when seen, below the level of the eye they seem to slant up ; and that their degree of convergence depends on their distance above or below the eye. Read and discuss text on pages 57 and 58, and study the illustrations. Outline for the Month of March. NOTE: It is evident that all of the work laid out in this book cannot, under present school conditions, be accom- plished in one year, by an average 6th grade class. In some localities there are reasons why certain divisions of the work would best be omitted, so that more time could be spent on topics in which pupils need more practice. The subject of Design is felt by the authors to be of great importance, and in order to give ample time for the presentation of its princi- ples, which are new to pupils, and in many instances to teachers as well, the suggestion is made that the teacher select either the chapter on Measuring and Planning, pages 60 to 71, or the chapter on Life and Action, pages 28 to 39, for the March work. Options are therefore given in the four weeks' work which follows. FIRST WEEK. Life and Action: discussion of illustration, page 28, and of " The Sower" page 29. Show other examples of fine figure drawing, in photographs from paintings, magazine illustra- tions, etc. Sketch from pose, according to sug- gestion on page 30. Measuring and Planning: study and discuss illustration and text on page 60. 72 SIXTH YEAR IN SCHOOL Read in class text on page 61. Copy neatly lines expressing different conventions, given on page 6 1. Develop "views" from simple object, as suggested on page 62. Make working-drawing with ruler and square corner or triangle, as di- rected on page 63. SECOND WEEK. Life and Action: draw leading lines from group of children, while they are marching around the room. Then "clothe" these skeleton figures. Pages 32 and 33. Study leading lines that express action taken by the figure in running, jumping, kneeling, sitting, etc. Clothe these different skeletons. Measuring and Planning : study text and illustrations on pages 64 and 65. Make working-drawing as suggested on page 65. Repeat from another object. THIRD WEEK. Life and Action: sketch head covering, from pose. See page 34. Make memory sketch from some familiar action, involv- ing an object or vehicle of some kind. Page 35. Measuring and Planning: study text and illustra- tions on pages 66 and 67. Make working-draw- ing for box, with decoration, as suggested on page 67. 73 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART FOURTH WEEK. Life and Action: study of leading lines of some animal. Page 36. Pen- cil or charcoal sketch to show hair or fur. Page 37. Or, study birds or insects in color. Page 38. A canary-bird, a rooster, a pigeon, a hen and chickens, or a parrot, may be available for studies from life, in the school-room. Measuring and Planning: make and decorate some simple object, from working-drawing and decoration designed by pupil. Or, give exercise in lettering. Pages 68, 69, 70, and 71. Outline for the Month of ApriL FIRST WEEK. R ea d and discuss quotation on page 72. Help pupils to enjoy the accom- panying illustration. Read and carefully discuss in class, pages 73 to 80. Several lessons should be given to this. SECOND WEEK. Continue, with the text- book used in class, the study of Balance, Rhythm, and Harmony. Let pupils make balanced designs from flowers or plants found at the present season. Take some simple leaf form and repeat it in a 74 SIXTH YEAR IN SCHOOL rhythm. Arrange and sketch groups that con- tain harmonious elements. Give definite exercises to be prepared outside of class, and brought in as illustrations of one of the principles of beauty. THIRD WEEK. Study pages 86 and 87. If plant forms can now be found out of doors, pupils should draw carefully their different parts, and should show them on the same page with a sketch of the growth, as on page 86. This exercise may be given from several different growths. FOURTH WEEK. Choose a unit taken from some plant motive drawn last week, and repeat it in several ways, as suggested on page 87. Make designs at least twice as large as those in the book. Outline for the Month of May. FIRST WEEK. Study text and illustrations on pages 88 and 89. Use plant motives for sur- face patterns, working in a diagram. SECOND WEEK. pi an a balanced design for a tile, using a plant or flower form for the unit. See page 90. Work from plant forms found out of doors. 75 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART THIRD WEEK. Study and discuss text and illustration on page 91. Study color rhythms found in color chart. Pages 81, 82, 83. FOURTH WEEK. Color schemes and color scaling. Pages 100, 101, 102. Color schemes found in Nature. Pages 84 and 85. Outline for the Month of June. Let the work of this month be a further study of the principles of design. Any exercises in construction given in the last twelve or thirteen pages may be worked out, as material and oppor- tunity permit. The Home Exercises given on page 104 will suggest several lessons which may be done in class or at home. The teacher will of course wish to use her own judgment about the work of these last weeks. Any topic of the year may be reviewed or strengthened, but a strong plea is here made that all exercises given should be worked out in the light of some principle of design. In the treatment of the different topics in Book VII, it will be observed that a closer and closer connection is made between the observational work and the principles of Design. It is suggested that the chapter on Design in Book VI, and the corresponding chapter in Book VII, be thoroughly mastered by the teacher before any of the lessons in Book VII are presented to the pupils. The work in the seventh year keeps pace with the intellectual development of the pupils, and calls for the exercise of reason and judgment more than has been the case in the previous books. On this account, the teacher will find the presentation of the lessons more interesting, in certain ways. As the subject of art education unfolds, its importance as a study and its influence upon life is felt more and more strongly. A teacher cannot prepare herself to present these lessons without feeling their cultural influence, and the drawing lesson need never be given without vital interest on the part of both teacher and pupil. In the seventh year, the work from landscape, from plants, from human and animal life, and from inanimate objects or still life is presented in three different ways, as material for free sketching, as material for pictorial composition, and as material for decorative composition of various kinds. Before beginning a drawing the pupil should be told in which of these ways he is to treat his subject, as the requirements in each case are different. Outline for the Month of September. FIRST WEEK. At least one lesson may be profitably devoted to a general survey and dis- cussion of the new book. Help the students to understand and enjoy the beautiful poem and its illustration, on page i. Why do we like to walk 77 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART in the woods? Why do we enjoy the landscape and the flowers ? What does Emerson mean by the two harvests, mentioned in the last verse? What other poems have you read that express any of the thoughts Emerson has expressed here? Is there any connection between the sentiment of this poem and that of the quotation on the page facing page i ? Discuss the illustration on page 1 8. Read the lesson on weeds, page 19. En- courage pupils to bring in large, interesting growths for next week's work. SECOND WEEK. Arrange a number of large, simple growths against backgrounds, and place a study before at least every other aisle. Pupils should render these studies in life size, using, when necessary, i2"x 18" practice paper. Make brush studies in ink or charcoal gray, aiming for freedom in handling, truth of growth, and general realistic treatment. Any of the fall growths suggested on pages 19, 20, 21, and 23 are suitable for such practice. THIRD WEEK. Free sketching in color from fall flowers or growths of sprays, fruit, etc. See pages 20 and 21 for definite suggestions. The 78 SEVENTH YEAR IN SCHOOL aims are the same as in the second week free handling, large size, truth of growth, color, etc. Large finders may be used on sketches to select beautiful arrangements. FOURTH WEEK. Pictorial compositions, from fall flowers or growths of any kind. See page 2 7. Either pencil painting or brush may be used in rendering, as the teacher prefers, or as specimens suggest. If pencil painting is used, study the lesson on page 26, and practice pencil painting of leaves, as there suggested. Outline for the Month of October. FIRST WEEK. Decorative compositions from fall flowers, sprays, fruits, berries, etc. See pages 28 and 29. Render these studies in brush out- line, or in values, as in the study on page 28. Compositions should be of good size. SECOND WEEK. Continue decorative treat- ment of plant growths, in values and in color. See page 29. Some of these studies may be rendered on gray or tinted paper. THIRD WEEK. Continue work in decorative composition from autumn leaves, fruits, berries, 79 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART and even from vegetables that are large and sim- ple in growth, and fine in color. The pumpkin, squash, beet, turnip, and carrot can all be treated in fine decorative effects. FOURTH WEEK. Sketching from seed-pods, for design motives. Pupils should make many outline studies from seed-pods and their sections, placing the sketches in note-books, for use in design later on. See page 22. Outline for the Month of November. FIRST WEEK. Study of landscape from pictures. See pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. Pupils should study text, and make collections of landscapes from magazines, photographs, souvenir postal cards, etc. Carry out the lesson suggested on page 5. SECOND WEEK. Continue the work begun in the previous week. Pupils may make light outline sketches of selections from their collec- tions, similar in character to Sketch A, page 3, and bring them to class for criticism. One sketch from each pupil will give fine material for a class criticism. Those that are worthy may be finished 80 SEVENTH YEAR IN SCHOOL in pencil values, following the stages suggested by sketches A, B, and C, pages 3, 4, and 5. THIRD WEEK. Study of the Woodbury sketch, page 10. Also study of trees, either from nature, as season permits, or from photographs of trees. See pages 6, 7, 8, and 9. Encourage pupils to make collections of illustrations and photographs of trees. FOURTH WEEK. Continue study of tree growths, with simple landscape environment. Slight color effects may be added, in semi-realistic treatment, as suggested on pages n and 12. Outline for the Month of December. FIRST WEEK. Decorative compositions from landscape motives. See pages 13, 14, and 15. Pupils should study the text, and discuss it in class. Decorative compositions in light outline may be made outside of class and brought in for criticism. SECOND WEEK. Continue the work of the previous week. Pupils will greatly enjoy making decorative compositions on tinted paper, with the thought of applying these ideas to articles they may wish to make and decorate for Christmas gifts. Read text on page 16 in class. Look up further information concerning Puvis de Chavannes. THIRD WEEK. Look through the book for suggestions of simple articles to be made for Christmas gifts. The decorative compositions made in the fall from flowers, and also the deco- rative landscape compositions, may be applied to book-covers, blotters, calendars, etc. Other sug- gestions for planning and making simple articles may be found on pages 112, 113, 123, 124, and 126. If there is a manual training department, where the pupils have access to tools, wood, etc., such articles as those suggested on pages 80 and 81 may be made. Or, some texts or quotations appropriate to the season may be planned on colored paper. See the alphabets on page 82, and the three stages in lettering a quotation given on page 83. FOURTH WEEK. Fin i sh Christmas work. Be sure that every pupil under your charge has made some simple article for a gift, which shows, 82 SEVENTH YEAR IN SCHOOL in some way, simplicity, fitness to purpose, and neat workmanship. I have always thought of Christmas time as a good time; a time when men and women seem by one consent to open their hearts fully; and so I say God bless Christmas ! CHARLES DICKENS. Outline for the Month of January. FIRST WEEK. Begin the study of still-life forms. Read and discuss in class the text on pages 41, 42, and 43. Make large, outline sketches from some such object as a teapot or a pitcher in several different positions, with special attention to details, such as spouts, handles, rims, lips, etc. Work for proper quality of sketch lines, and then for proper finish and accents. Practice the drawing of details in separate sketches, similar to those on page 42. SECOND WEEK. Still life in pencil values. Study the text on pages 44 and 45. Practice pencil rendering. THIRD WEEK. Still life in pencil values, with color effects added. See pages 46 and 47. 83 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART Be careful to select for this study, objects not too difficult to draw, and which suggest color harmonies. FOURTH WEEK. Still-life groups studied as material for decorative compositions. See pages 48, 49, and 50. Be sure that good com- positions are secured in sketches, before they are finished in brush lines, in values, or in colors. Sketches for decorative compositions may be made outside of class, and brought to the recita- tion for criticism. Outline for the Month of February. FIRST WEEK. Continue work in decorative compositions from still-life forms. Give any of the exercises on page 51 for home work. SECOND WEEK. Discuss the illustration on page 52, both as to pencil rendering, and as an example of perspective. Recall work in perspec- tive given in Book VI, and principles or rules there developed. Read the text on pages 53, 54, and 55 in class, and refer to other illustrations of the same points observed out of doors and in 84 SEVENTH YEAR IN SCHOOL other pictures. Ask for simple outline sketches illustrating the perspective of a railroad track. These should be given a general criticism, in class. THIRD WEEK. Observation of houses, seen at an angle. Sketches made at home brought to class for general criticism. Work to establish the general truths that parallel retreating horizontal edges, seen below the eye, seem to slant up ; that parallel retreating horizontal edges, seen above the level of the eye, seem to slant down ; and that all parallel retreating horizontal edges seem to meet or vanish in a common point on the horizon line. Study and discuss the text on pages 56, 57, 58, and 59. FOURTH WEEK. Continue perspective studies from baskets, books, boxes, etc. Make large drawing in outline or in simple effect of pencil values, from some piece of furniture turned at an angle. See suggestion on page 61. Sketches from furniture can be made at home and brought to school for class criticism. Teacher should call attention to the beautiful effect of per- spective in the illustration on page 62. 85 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART Outline for the Month of March. (A.) NOTE : In the majority of schools, the time apportioned to drawing will not be sufficient to permit the treatment of all the topics as fully as they are treated in Book VII, and it will probably be best to omit at least one of the topics which one, the teacher or supervisor in charge can best de- termine. In some localities the need of industrial drawing may demand that the chapter on Measuring and Planning be presented in full ; in other places, where there is already a systematic course in manual training in operation, it may seem best to omit the work in Measuring and Planning, and to devote the time to Life and Action, or to the extension of some other topic. To meet both conditions as . far as pos- sible, two courses are planned for March, either of which may be followed, as seems best. The chapter on Design is felt to be so important that no substitute for the work as there presented is recommended. FIRST WEEK. Life and Action. Discuss with pupils the illustration on page 30. Notice the fine pencil rendering, the different positions of the figures, etc. Read and discuss the text on pages 31 and 32. Show any other masterpieces of figures in action. Encourage children to bring illustrations and photographs which they con- sider fine examples of action. Give five-min- ute sketches, using charcoal or soft pencil, from poses similar to those shown on page 32. SECOND WEEK, study of a pose in simple masses of light and dark values. See page 33. 86 SEVENTH YEAR IN SCHOOL Be sure the costume of the pose presents a strong contrast of light and dark. Work with lead pen- cil, on paper not too large. THIRD WEEK. Sketching from the pose in charcoal or pencil, on colored paper. See pages 34 and 35. Follow the steps given in the three illustrations. These studies should be of good size, in a semi-decorative effect. FOURTH WEEK. Studies from any live animal, as suggested on pages 36, 37, 38, and 39. Make many quick sketches, pictorial in character, at home or in school, from the animal. Then make at least one decorative composition, using as a motive some suggestion from your sketches. Outline for the Month of March. (B.) FIRST WEEK. Measuring and Planning. Study the text and discuss the illustrations on pages 65, 66, and 67. Recall the work in Meas- uring and Planning, given in Book VI. Review conventions. Acquaintance with drawing board* T-square, and triangles. Give exercises in draw- ing straight lines by the use of these instruments, as directed in Problem I, page 68. 87 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART SECOND WEEK. Work out all problems given on pages 69 to 73. Make plain to pupils the two methods given the geometric and the practical. Insist on neatness, accuracy, and good arrangement on paper. THIRD WEEK. Study pages 74 and 75. The point to be brought out here, is that the front view of a turned object must show the actual width from left to right of the object in that posi- tion. Pupils should work out the exercise sug- gested on page 75. FOURTH W T EEK. Several pages of working drawings are given, beginning on page 76. It is impossible to plan just how these can be given, without knowing the possibilities or the limita- tions of school equipments. If there is no oppor- tunity for the making of the bench, the bird- house, the table, etc., working drawings of these objects may still be made with educational bene- fit. But one article, no matter how simple in construction, that is actually made from the directions supplied by a working drawing, will teach a pupil more about the use of such a draw- ing, than many exercises worked out without any 88 SEVENTH YEAR IN SCHOOL application in construction. If there is no equip- ment for wood-work in school, encourage the pupils to make at home any of the articles sug- gested on pages 76, 77, 79, 80, and 81. The working drawings in the book supply all the needed facts. Outline for the Month of April. FIRST WEEK, Paint tree buds and twigs, on tinted backgrounds. See page 24. If there are two lessons a week, of forty-five minutes each, as is customary in grammar grades, devote one of them to the study of spring flowers, and the other to a discussion of the opening pages of Design. The principles of Balance, Rhythm, and Harmony are treated in the text and in the illustrations on pages 85 to 101, in such a way that the subject of Design may be presented in the form of reading lessons, and if rightly handled, it will form the basis of the most valuable and interesting lessons in the book. Take as much time as is necessary to thoroughly discuss the pages, and illustrate the principles therein set forth in as many ways not given in the book as is possible. 89 COURSE OF STUDY IN ART SECOND WEEK. Draw or paint from spring flowers and twigs. Continue study of Balance, Rhythm, and Harmony. Apply principles in sketching spring growths. THIRD WEEK. Sketching in pencil from spring flowers. See page 25. Give any of the problems in Balance, Rhythm, and Harmony, page 101. FOURTH WEEK. Same work continued. Special attention to one or more problems on page 101. Outline for the Month of May. FIRST WEEK. Pencil rendering of leaves and flowers. See pages 26 and 27. Read in class and discuss pages 102, 103, 104, and 105. If there is time, carry out the exercise suggested on page 105. SECOND \VEEK. Study of complementary colors. Pages 107, 108, and 109. Make surface design, by using complementary colors, properly grayed. THIRD W 7 EEK. Study pages 114, 115, n6, and 117. Choose some plant other than the 90 SEVENTH YEAR IN SCHOOL dandelion, and draw design motives from its parts, as suggested on page 1 1 7. FOURTH WEEK. Initial letters, decorated with flower motive. See page 118. Do not use the dandelion. Outline for the Month of June. FIRST WEEK. Study pages 119, 120, and 121. Make a design for an announcement card or bulletin, based on rhythmic motive. For letter- ing, use the alphabet on page 82. SECOND WEEK. Make surface patterns on tinted paper. See pages no and in. Make scrap book from directions given on pages 1 1 2 and 113. THIRD WEEK. Color schemes from nature motives. Seepages 122 and 123. Apply a color scheme from nature in the making of some simple article, such as the bag, on page 123. FOURTH WEEK. Any work preferred by the teacher, in review, or as suggested by the special demand of the time and season.