Studio: international art (6.1896)

Reviews of Recent Publications

for process. Nor is it more illumi-
native than too many of its fellows,
as a few quotations will show.
" Usually the block is not more
than one-third the size of the artist's
drawing," says the author; which is
a distinct and unexpected variation
of the ordinary, and quite super-
fluous advice : " Allow one-third

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first prize (comp. b xxiv.) "taffy'

young artist still giving his attention to book . |f

decoration. Mr. Blackmore's verses, like those of j ]Wjg &r , ^sS^t0j^

Mr. R. Louis Stevenson, lend themselves most 1 '• " '^^^^t^\f^ ''^

advantageously to illustration, and Mr. Fairfax- ^^^^^i'-jfe^V^/'

Muckley has designed for them some clever J^^^^"-^^- '

borderings, headpieces and full-page pictures. We ''W^'f^'

do not quite approve, however, of the admixture in „ ■ '^^^^i^^^W^^M^^^^^''^' S

the same book of work so entirely different in style & ; 'ji^'S^ 'J :^r"'

of treatment as the wash-drawings facing pages 97 -'f^^^^'f^^^S^^kjf' ^m^'m^' \

and 105, and the decorative line compositions '' jn"^^^^^ * ^^^^^^0 W^''

with which the remainder of the book is orna- . ijk'fK^-/' •• ^^^^^f'lf^^^

mented. L ^^^^mM^-^^^^^f

Processes, Pigments, and Vehicles. By A. P. '\^^^B^^^^L^^6^ i'M'W^ '^

Laurie, M.A., B.Sc. (London: Macmillan & Co.) ^^R^ -

—This manual, full of excellent advice concerning ^^^^'^^TM'* ••'»

many things, has, of course, a chapter on drawing hon. mention (comp. b xxiv.) " inconnu

for reduction." The block
described as " stippling,
known as resin grains in
sky," page 89, is a mystery
—coming in a paragraph
upon " added tints," Day's
" shading medium," and the
like. It is certainly not an
example of its text, but
something unique, which
we trust may remain so.
It suggests, indeed, a direct
block made from an " Ink-
Photo " lithograph, but who
shall say if it be so ?
" Commercial half - tone
work is very limited in
its capacities," says Mr.
second prize (comp. b xxiv.) "endeavour" Laurie, also: " by carefully

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