BLACKBOARD
SKETCHING.
PLATE 17
Whenever I
have
made a sketch of this kind it has always given great pleasure to the
children,
and proved of more or less value in history, or in story-telling in the
lower
grades.
Stroke 1
illustrates the treatment for the sky and the horizon. A few soft
touches with
the side of the chalk will indicate clouds. Blend the white tone into
the gray
of the blackboard. The chalk is held vertically and drawn across the
hoard
horizontally.
Next erase
a spot
or two for the sails and hull of the ship, and apply stroke 2. This
stroke is
made by placing the chalk in an oblique position and drawing a curving
stroke
downward, the end of the chalk giving the outline of the sail. In the
drawing
at the left a graded stroke was used, the eraser making the edge of the
sail at
the left and the chalk at the right.
Stroke 3
is
desirable in representing the ocean. It is made by placing the chalk
vertically
upon the board and making a long, sweeping stroke, accented with the
upper end
of the chalk. In these sketches charcoal was used for the dark streaks
in the
water.
In drawing
the hull
of the ship, try stroke 4, using a short piece of chalk or charcoal.
The chalk
is placed vertically and a curving stroke is used with no particular
accent.
Add details with touches of chalk or charcoal.
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