Studio: international art (5.1895)

Awards in " The Studio" Prise Competitions

FIRST PRIZE (COMP. A XXVIII.) " SIR GAWAYNE "

Hints on Drawing for Process Reproduction. By
C. J. Vine. (London : Lechertier, Barbe & Co.
is.)—The author of this little work contributed
some excellent papers on the subject to early
numbers of The Studio. Here he traverses the
old familiar ground, and explains his subject in a
way that proves his knowledge ; but unluckily he
has not quite achieved the art of lucid expression
and direct statement, so that at times it needs one
who is already well-informed to be quite sure of
his meaning. Again, although it is good that the
teacher should illustrate his discourse by examples,
such illustrations are more convincing if made by
other hands, and not prepared directly for the
purpose of pointing the moral. Despite Mr. Vine's
statement (p. 2 2), one must contradict him. Chinese
white is not safe to use for the high lights of a
wash drawing; every good photo-engraver agrees

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that the pigment is apt to become grey in repro-
duction ; there are special whites prepared for the
purpose which have not this defect. All the same,
it is a little book well worth its cost, and far more
valuable than several much more costly volumes
issued lately.

Walks in London. By J. C. Hare. Two
volumes. Sixth Edition (revised). (London: George
Allen.)—This popular guide to our great Metro-
polis is one which all lovers of London should
possess. It may be read through from end to end
as a novel, and is not the less valuable as a book
of reference. Its illustrations are judiciously
selected, excellently rendered, and without pre-
tension.

HON. MENTION (COMP. A XXVIII.) "CHOPIN "

AWARDS IN " THE STUDIO "
PRIZE COMPETITIONS.
Design for a Gold Brooch in
Repousse Work.
(A XXVIII.)

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