What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 277
opingdown the writer passed hisbrush over the shadows;the result was a sort ofhalf silhouette, an excellentsuggestion for a bit of fore-ground or a decoration. Ifthe thousands of amateurdecorators that are daily en-gaged in daubing picturesof all manner of unnatural-looking plants upon chinawould… … Every Boy a Decorative Artist 249 them ! How much more pleasant it would be to eat off dishesdecorated in this manner than to be called upon ♦o admire andeat from china covered withfiniky little flowers orbroad, meaningless daubs ofcolor intended to representsomething only known tothe artist (?)…
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