Excerpt from Brush-Drawing: A Handbook for Teachers and Students
It is not intended in this work to create anything new, or to diminish the value of what has already been written on the subject of Brush-Drawing by capable writers, but to endeavour to present it in a somewhat different light, with the idea of reducing its real or imaginary difficulties, giving examples to be worked, and showing how they are derived and how they and others may be built up.
Many teachers will admit a certain amount of dissatisfaction with the results they have obtained, both with regard to facility in the use of the brush and the excellence of the finished drawings. They will also confess to a wearisome repetition in the work they have done - work which has never extended beyond the preliminary stages of Brush-Drawing. Others who have interpreted the subject differently have been highly successful.
The scope of the work is not expected to extend beyond the Elementary School. What is contained in it will probably be superfluous to the trained Art Teacher and his more advanced pupils. The average Elementary School Teacher is one who must be acquainted with and teach a large number of subjects, and who does not claim to be an expert in Drawing. It is for the use of such that this work is intended.
The prevailing colour - green - is used as a matter of convenience, because plant life is the source of most of the drawings. It is a colour that is less trying to the eyes than some others.
The idea that on no account must the pencil be used in connection with Brush-Drawing is not supported here. It should not be used largely, but in many cases its presence is better than its absence.
It is hoped that the examples, while being useful as copies, will serve as suggestions for original work.
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