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THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



Fig. 85. 



Fig. 84 



little impediments to progress, he will require very considerable 

 practice before he thinks of attempting the next step in shading, 

 which differs from that already explained in the manner of 

 drawing the Kne. 



It will be noticed that in Fig. 82 the learner placed the pencil 

 upon the paper before he began to draw each line, nor was it 

 taken off until the line was finished; in fact, it was very much 

 like drawing a number of downward strokes like the " straight 

 stroke " in Copy-slip No. 25, in our Lessons in Penmanship (page 

 117). The kind of line we are now considering is one that must 

 have^uo perceptible beginning or ending, where the pencil either 

 commences the movement for drawing the line before it touches 



the paper, as a (Fig. 83) or as 6, where, at the termination^. -&he 

 pencil is gradually raised from the paper ; or as c, where the> 

 manner of a. and 6 is combined ; that is, where the line com- 

 mences imperceptibly and ends imperceptibly, first, by loweuing- 

 the pencil in an inclined direction to the paper at the commence- 

 ment, and by raising it gradually at the end before leaving off, 

 so that the strength of the line when completed is in the middle. 

 Curved lines drawn in the same way must also be repeatedly 

 practised. The straight lines (Fig. 82) are for flat tints, back 

 grounds, etc. ; the curved lines are employed for rounded forms. 

 After the pupil has mastered the manner of drawing these 

 various kinds of line, he may then proceed to cross thei% as in 



