222 The Nature-Study Idea 



an artistic picture. It Is natural for every child 

 to make lines and marks to express what It sees 

 or experiences; but when these lines and marks 

 do not conform to the Ideals of grown-ups, we 

 discourage the effort and the child ceases to 

 draw. Considered as the effort of the child to 

 express Itself, no drawing can be "poor.'* 

 Mrs. Comstock put on the board a copy of a 

 drawing from a child's pad, and It was as 

 follows : 



Honu a man impressed a child. — face, arms, legs 



We all laughed; but we were told that this 

 was no caricature, but the Impression that a 

 man made on the child — face, arms, legs. 



More than words, the drawing may show 

 what the world means to th^ child, even allow- 



