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already pointed out, to draw it from a stationary thing. 

 It can never be copied from a posing model, for there it 

 does not occur. A good illustration of how not to do it 

 is given by Verestchagin in his recollections of Meissonier. 

 He tells us that when painting a horseman riding against 

 a strong wind Meissonier had a little model with the 

 costume and accoutrements of horse and rider made to 

 scale in their proper materials, that he might have before 

 him the correct details, and the rider's cloak was stiffened 

 with gum so that it stood out in the position of a cloak 

 blown by the wind ! I think we may fairly ask would 



Meissonier, if he could, have stiffened the trees in the 

 landscape so that they would remain in the position of 

 trees blown by the wind ? 



No ripple on the grass or water, no quiver of a bough 

 or leaf ! Think how you would enjoy your walk in such 

 a scene ! Think what a landscape picture you would 

 paint from it ! Surely Corot is right in his attitude when 

 he says, " Although when I was young it annoyed me that 

 the clouds would not keep still, now I am glad they will 

 not, for therein lies their beauty "! 



Paris, 1921. 



L. D. L. 



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