How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 277
iminary steps necessary even inaccomplishing the grandest results. Instead of entering into the later and more artistically finishedprocesses we will confine ourselves to the prelude or introduc-tion to modelling ; and then, girls, with the object before you,your only guide and instructor, you must… … 2. Modelling-tools. These can be bought at any artists material store, and the simplest ones might be made at homeof hard wood. Only a few tools are nec-essary for a beginner; Fig. 162 showsthose most useful. The fingers and thumbsare the best of all tools, and a great dealcan be done with them,…
