Bailey, Henry Turner, 1865-1931, ed · New York : Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover · leaf 85
82 NATURE DRAWING AND COMPOSITIONPURPOSE, SHAPE AND SIZE OF FRAME When one has spent a day in the country and has returnedwith a little sketch, the natural impulse is to place it on the wallin the house, where it may receive due consideration. If this … Figure 7. background be a figured wall paper the modest message of thesketch has but a very poor chance of being heard. It is as ifa hurdy-gurdy should be played in one corner of the schoolroomduring a recitation. If we wish to enjoy our sketch we mustin some way lessen the din which the background…
Drawing · Decoration and ornament
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