How to amuse yourself and others. The American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 261
ght is more diffused. Always arrange your model exactly as you want to paint it,and leave nothing to your idea of how it ought to look. If youdo not intend to have any background other than the white pa-per, place something white behind your flowers. If you wanta colored background, arrange the… … something simple at first; say a bunch ofhearts-ease or pansies, and when drawingthem try to get the character of both flow-er and leaf. Observe how the stem curveswhere it is attached to the flower, and at what angles the stemsof the flowers and the leaves join the main stalk. Given char-acter, an…
Amusements · Interior decoration
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