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but we will place more emphasis on the expression of 

 form and structure by carefully made, truthful drawings, 

 supplemented sometimes by clay models. We will 

 paint only those things which show decided colors, or 

 in which the color is distinctive or characteristic. 



Having discussed the forms of expression, and their 

 use or relative educational value in connection with 

 nature study, we are ready to consider the essentials 

 in all forms of expression, and some of the means or 

 methods of realizing or attaining these. 



The greatest essentials in all expression are : 



First. Individuality. 

 . Second. Truthfulness. 



Third. Clearness. 



Fourth. Order or plan. 



Expression, whatever its form, is not genuine expres- 

 sion unless it is individual, unless it tells that with 

 which the individual pupil has been impressed. A 

 mere copying of the ideas of others is not expression, 

 but imitation. 



Class reproduction, having all copy from the black- 

 board statements obtained from different members of 

 the class, is, at best, imperfect expression. Often, for 

 many pupils, it is not expression at all. It is easy, 

 convenient, and, when the pupil is first learning to write, 

 necessary. But the sooner we pass beyond such copy- 

 ing, and have each pupil express his own ideas gained 

 through his own senses, the more will we develop the 

 power of expression. 



