Methods in Teaching Drawing. It is highly desirable to have 

 a predetermined plan for all repair and construction work under- 

 taken in the farm shop. This may be in writing, in the form of a 

 sketch, or drawing, or a combination of these. 



Since pupils differ greatly in their ability to visualize and repre- 

 sent objects, it will be best not to use the same method of approach 

 for all. Individual instruction is possible in all agricultural schools 

 in the state. 



To begin with, sketches needed in farm shop work may be sup- 

 plied by the pupil himself, by a more capable pupil, or by the 

 teacher. If a pupil has special difficulty with drawing, it may be 

 best to let him make a sketch from an object that has already been 

 made, or from the object that he has made from a sketch furnished 

 him. More capable pupils will be able to make sketches without 

 having the object before them or without having made the same. 

 This latter ability should be developed in all pupils as rapidly as 

 possible. 



Medium to Use.- The time that can be devoted to drawing in 

 a program of agricultural education is so limited in amount that 

 most satisfactory results can probably be attained by limiting the 

 rendering to pencil work only. 



Cream or buff colored paper is less likely to show the effects of 

 frequent handling in the shop than is white paper. 



Soft pencils are better for sketching than are hard ones. Draw- 

 ings made with soft pencils are more inclined to smear, however, 

 and so for purposes of making sketches that will be handled much 

 in shop work a medium hard pencil is preferable. 



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