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true judgment involved; and no exercise of the will 

 in controlling the hand in the execution of a definite 

 task. The moral effect of the training in that case 

 is lost. 



By carefully comparing his drawing with the object, 

 the pupil is enabled to detect shades of difference in 

 structure, form, and color which would otherwise 

 escape him, and enables him the better to measure 

 his success. This in itself adds interest to the exer- 

 cise and gives a training in accurate seeing which is 

 indispensable. 



In the lower grades, all kinds of allowances have 

 to be made; yet the principle is the same here as in all 

 other steps, namely, progress should be made from 

 the original lawlessness towards more and more 

 fidelity to truth. Neatness and accuracy must be 

 the criterion for criticism. 



As a rule, it seems desirable to allow the pupil to 

 use his creative and artistic instinct in an elaborate 

 representation of the whole as a general frontispiece to 

 his composition, but to insist on extreme accuracy in 

 representing the finer details of structure. (See PupiFs 

 Compositions, Part I, Chapter V). It is often desirable 

 to have the drawings made or copied on separate 

 slips to be inserted in the composition in its appro- 

 priate paragraph. 



Even when no attempt at systematic drawing is 

 made, as in many rural districts, good work can be 

 obtained by means of pencils. Pencils should be 

 well sharpened but not to a fine point. The point 

 may be rounded off by rubbing it on paper. Stubs 

 may be made by the pupil by rolling up into a solid 

 pencil, strips of ordinary writing paper wound with a 

 string. Forcing the center of this roll down produces 

 a point which can be used to transfer the lead from 

 the paper used in trimming the pencil to the drawing 

 to be shaded. 



