 | University of Virginia record March 15, 1915 |  |
DRAWING
The classes in drawing are planned to give the teachers of the
primary, grammar and high-school grades and supervisors of drawing,
a practical knowledge of drawing as now taught in the most
modern and progressive schools. The purpose will be to give not
only facility in representation but to teach the fundamentals that
underlie design, composition, pictorial and imaginative drawing.
More emphasis will be placed on composition than on representation
and every step will be taken up in turn and definite ways suggested
for use in the school room with each lesson.
An attempt will be made to suit the courses to the needs of all applicants
and especially to the needs of those teachers who fancy they
cannot draw.
A special art certificate will be given to those who complete the
course here outlined which will certify that the holder is competent
to do supervisors work.
Drawing 1.—For teachers of grades from one to four, inclusive.
This is so arranged that the lessons will be in progressive order, following
as closely as possible the development of the child. The
classes will be conducted in the following manner: First, the careful
explanation of design, its intent and processes: Second, an exhibition
of fine examples of work by teachers and children who have
already taken the course: Third, processes carried out by the class
under the supervision of instructors.
First Year—First Grade: Cut paper to paste, outline filled in with
color, play with water color, copy color natural objects, pose drawing
with brush, illustration, doll house furnishing (make wall paper, etc.,
repeating design).
Second Grade: Cut out own objects to paste, original design for
border, (outline) mixes own color for above, border design colored
with crayon, landscape mass (brush or crayon).
Second Year—Third Grade: Drawing still life (pencil and brush),
memory drawing (object before pupil's eye only a few seconds),
simple book-making, design for cover, execution of same, simple lettering.
Fourth Grade: Exercise in color composition, outline filled with
cut paper, design, drawing still life (outline to fill in with color).
Section I. First and Second Grade. Daily, from 10:30 to 11:30.
Professor Bement and Miss Barringer. Mechanical Laboratory,
Room 2.
Section II. Third and Fourth Grade. Professor Bement and Miss
Barringer. Daily, 2:30 to 3:00.
Drawing 2.—For teachers of grades from five to eight inclusive,
will suppement Course 1—the lessons being the continuation of that
course. The course will be conducted in the same manner—explanation
of the meaning of the design, then good examples of the work
work out each problem.
First Year—Fifth grade, design for rug (color, charcoal), still life
(light and dark), landscape (light and dark color), illustration of
home industry.
Sixth Grade: Wood block printing, nature drawing (light and
dark), design for home utensils, design colored, simple illustration
with figures.
Second Year.—Seventh grade: Beginning perspective, still life
group (light and dark three tones), exercise in arrangement. Eighth
grade: Landscape (three tones, charcoal), lettering (ink and color),
book-making, end page for above in color, posters (one, two and
three colors).
Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Professor Bement and Miss O'Keefe.
Mechanical Laboratory, Room 1.
Drawing 3.—For teachers of high schools. It supplements Courses
1 and 2 and aims to give the teachers a few simple problems that
will when worked out give the students not only some dexterity of
hand but give them real appreciation of the fine things about them.
The conduct of the class will be the same as 1 and 2—the explanation,
exhibition of work actually done by high-school students, carrying
out the operation described.
First Year—Spacing in lines (a) Geometric design for tiles, spacing
in tone and color (b) putting same design into tone and color,
design: repetition, subordination, opposition (a) border to be used
for stencil straight or curved lines, using natural forms, as flowers,
trees, birds, etc., perspective, drawing of historic houses in line, with
colored chalk on dark paper.
Second Year—Illustration, in cut paper; also in chalk or crayola
on dark paper, still life drawing in charcoal and color, to illustrate
incidents of every-day life, small or bright color and letting paper
show for the shadow side, personal expression in art, memory
sketches, drawing from figure, small figures copied from large drawing
of Millet, using chalk on black paper. Elementary principles of
constructive drawing or mechanical drawing illustrated and applied.
Daily, from 9:30 to 10:30. Miss O'Keefe. Mechanical Laboratory,
Room 1.
Drawing 4.—The class in pure design is for those teachers who
have completed the work in the grades, those who are required to
teach design, those who wish to do special work in decoration, or
those who find themselves weak in that department of the general
course. Its aim is to give a complete understanding of the principles
of design, etc., practical application of the design to the material in
which it is to be reproduced, and the technical skill necessary to
render the design.
First Year—Border design in light and dark, surface pattern colors,
simple color scales, block printing, textile design.
Second Year—Color harmony, practice in color scales, animals and
design, human figures in design, wall paper (surface design), interior
arrangement, architectural design. Three times a week, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
Method of Supervision.—For supervisors of drawing, and for
those who have had experience in the elementary grades and wish
to specialize in drawing. The aim of this course is to deal with
problems of supervision, the arrangement of a course of study, lesson
Tuesday and Thursday.
Daily, from 3:30 to 5:30. Professor Bement and Miss O'Keefe.
Mechanical Laboratory, Room 2.
Drawing 5.—For the teachers of ungraded schools and aims to
give them as much training in the fundamental principles that underlie
Courses 1, 2 and 3 as the time will permit. The teacher will
be given in a condensed form the sequence in all the grades. Each
step will be explained and demonstrated by the instructor, but only
the most important ones will be carried out in class. An attempt
will be made to study the needs of the individual teacher. This
course prepares for the state examination.
First Year—Drawing of simple objects, perspective drawing, spacing,
line, mass, color; original design of useful objects, stenciling,
woodblock printing, simple manual training.
Section I, daily, from 10:30 to 11:30. For teachers registered for
four weeks and preparing for State Examinations, Miss —;
Mechanical Laboratory, Room 1.
Section II, Daily, from 2:30 to 3:30. For teachers of ungraded
schools registered for six weeks and desiring professional credit.
Mechanical Laboratory, Room 1.
History of Art 6.—A lecture course open to all students in
drawing and all are expected to attend. The lectures will be on the
following topics: architecture, historic ornament and design; Raphael's
School of Athens; Great Painters of the World with lantern
slides.
Weekly, from 5:30 to 6:30. Professor Bement. Mechanical Laboratory,
Room 1.
School in Art 7.—The school in Art was begun a number of years
ago under the direction and personal instruction of the well-known
illustrator and alumnus of the University of Virginia, Mr. Graham
Cootes and for many summers was successfully conducted by him
with the help of such artists as George Bellows, Bredin, Scott and
Duncan Smith. It will open its eighth session this summer. As
usual the classes will be two in number, one in the morning from
9:30 to 1 o'clock, and one in the afternoon, in which the pupils
work out of doors from nature. In the morning the pupils draw and
paint from a model in costume, in any medium. The course is designed
for pupils interested in illustration, cartooning, poster-work,
portrait, landscape or decorative painting, and for those who desire
it as an aid in teaching. The Class in Composition meets on Saturday.
At the end of the term an exhibition of the work done by the
students is held in Peabody Hall. The exhibition last summer
was very successful and attracted wide interest and much
favorable comment. The work compared favorably with that of the
large Northern Art Schools. No other art school can advance the
pupil so rapidly as the students have daily criticisms, instead of the
usual one or two a week, and more personal attention and interest
on the part of the instructor than in other art schools. A Scholarship
for 1915-16 is offered by the New York School of Fine and
Applied Art (formerly "Chase's") to the student doing the best all
around work. A prize will be awarded for the best painting made
during the term.
The main term will be that of the Summer School, six weeks,
full day; $15 per term (6 weeks), half day; $20 per term (6 weeks),
full day.
An initiation fee of $2 will be required of new students.
The term may be extended four weeks longer, making ten weeks,
if a sufficient number so desire at the following rates. $20 per term
of ten weeks, half day; $30 per term of ten weeks, full day.
For further particulars address Mr. Duncan Smith, instructor and
director, 42 Washington Square, New York.
Certificate Credit.—Summer School Professional Certificate—Advanced
Grade—Drawing 2, 3, and 4; Summer School Professional
Certificate—College Grade—Drawing 2, 3, 4, and 7; Professional
Grammar Grades Certificate—Drawing 2 and 5; Professional Primary
Grades Certificate—Drawing 1 and 5.
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