DOI issue:
No. 265 (April 1915)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21212#0211
Studio-Talk
of Art, is one of the most rapid delineators ; she
literally dashes off her clever portrait sketches,
seldom detaining her sitters for a longer period than
an hour and a half; a few deft studio touches to
drapery or setting serve to complete the picture.
Miss Brown’s regular medium is water-colour, and
she invariably draws on vellum. She is also
expert at needlecraft, and examples of her stitchery
have appeared in these pages.
A controversy which broke out some time ago in
connection with the proposed extension of Glasgow’s
water-supply, has called public attention to the
delightful charms of “ the Braes o’ Balquhidder,”
and invested a picture of the district, painted by
Tom Hunt, R.S.W., and recently purchased by the
Corporation for their permanent collection, with
special interest. It represents the far famed Braes,
the country of Rob Roy, in November mood, when
the rich autumn tints are being dissipated by early
winter snows. Tom Hunt is intimately acquainted
with Highland sketching-grounds, and renders them
with unsurpassed fidelity. J. T.
On the occasions of his visits to the Glasgow
School of Art to criticise the work of the etchingclass,
Mr. D. Y. Cameron does not bestow praise whole-
sale ; with greater kindness, the weak points are
exposed, and, in terms of playful sarcasm the
student is congratulated on the accuracy of the
drawing of a “Zeppelin” where clouds should be,
or, perhaps, of portraits in the trees ! When praise
does come it is therefore to be highly valued,
and Mr. Alec McNeil has had the good fortune
to win the master’s appreciation on more than
one occasion. Mr. McNeil made his first ap-
pearance as a professional etcher at the penul-
timate exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute,
and the discriminating collector was not slow in
recognising that here was an artist whose work is
distinguished by a strong decorative sense, and
much originality of character. He has completed
more than a dozen plates, and several of them
reveal a strong predilection for trees and foliage,
which he usually studies carefully on the spot before
designing an original composition on the plate.
A. H. S.
“ST. THOMAS HARBOUR WEST INDIES” BY FRANKLIN BROWNELL, R.C.A.
(National Gallery of Canada, —See Ottawa Studio-Talk)
205
of Art, is one of the most rapid delineators ; she
literally dashes off her clever portrait sketches,
seldom detaining her sitters for a longer period than
an hour and a half; a few deft studio touches to
drapery or setting serve to complete the picture.
Miss Brown’s regular medium is water-colour, and
she invariably draws on vellum. She is also
expert at needlecraft, and examples of her stitchery
have appeared in these pages.
A controversy which broke out some time ago in
connection with the proposed extension of Glasgow’s
water-supply, has called public attention to the
delightful charms of “ the Braes o’ Balquhidder,”
and invested a picture of the district, painted by
Tom Hunt, R.S.W., and recently purchased by the
Corporation for their permanent collection, with
special interest. It represents the far famed Braes,
the country of Rob Roy, in November mood, when
the rich autumn tints are being dissipated by early
winter snows. Tom Hunt is intimately acquainted
with Highland sketching-grounds, and renders them
with unsurpassed fidelity. J. T.
On the occasions of his visits to the Glasgow
School of Art to criticise the work of the etchingclass,
Mr. D. Y. Cameron does not bestow praise whole-
sale ; with greater kindness, the weak points are
exposed, and, in terms of playful sarcasm the
student is congratulated on the accuracy of the
drawing of a “Zeppelin” where clouds should be,
or, perhaps, of portraits in the trees ! When praise
does come it is therefore to be highly valued,
and Mr. Alec McNeil has had the good fortune
to win the master’s appreciation on more than
one occasion. Mr. McNeil made his first ap-
pearance as a professional etcher at the penul-
timate exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute,
and the discriminating collector was not slow in
recognising that here was an artist whose work is
distinguished by a strong decorative sense, and
much originality of character. He has completed
more than a dozen plates, and several of them
reveal a strong predilection for trees and foliage,
which he usually studies carefully on the spot before
designing an original composition on the plate.
A. H. S.
“ST. THOMAS HARBOUR WEST INDIES” BY FRANKLIN BROWNELL, R.C.A.
(National Gallery of Canada, —See Ottawa Studio-Talk)
205