SIMPLE STORY PICTURES ILLUSTRATING THE
MONTHS
The value of these exercises consists largely in fostering the inventive faculty of the child, in bringing out his individual ingenuity. The teacher should let the pupil depend on his own imagination entirely, afterwards suggesting improvements and pointing out the most palpable errors.
The Subjects. The stories illustrated may be original, or from suggestions offered by simple nursery tales and rhymes. For instance:
John flew a kite, but the wind was so strong that the string broke and the kite fell towards the ground. But it never reached the ground. It was caught in a tree and stayed there for a long time, so long, indeed, that there was nothing left of the kite except a few rotting sticks. Did John cry? No, he went home and made another kite.
To illustrate this, one or more pictures may be made.
Examples: A boy flying a kite. The kite falling (upside down). The kite lodged in a tree.
Reverse the Operation. For instance, draw a picture and write a little story about it.
As for example: A picture of a bird feeding a little bird in a nest. The story: "One day a bird fed its little one and then flew away to get another meal, but the mother bird never came back. A bad boy threw a stone at it just as it was picking up a nice little worm for the birdling's luncheon. Wouldn't the bad little boy feel sorry if he knew that the little bird in the nest starved to death because its mother never came back?"
Sections
- Action Drawing
- Advice To Teachers
- Beginners Instructions
- Blocking In
- Clay Modeling
- Copying By Triangulation
- Decorative Ornamental Art
- Drawing From Nature
- Early Exercises
- Elementary Lines
- Elementary Perspective
- Expression Emotion
- Foreshortening
- Geometrical Form
- How To Draw Animals
- How To Draw Cartoons
- How To Draw Charcoal Crayon
- How To Draw Flowers
- How To Draw Women Men Children
- Lettering
- Light And Shade
- Materials For Drawing
- Models Measurements Proportions
- Outlines For Beginners
- Paper Folding Cutting
- Pen And Ink Drawing
- Principles Of Composition
- Simple Story Pictures
- Solid Black Effects
- Stimulating Imagination
- Tracing Transferring
- Two Handed Exercises