Studio: international art (80.1920)

STUDIO-TALK

" THE SOUTH DOWNS FROM FYRLE "
ETCHING BY BERTRAM BUCHANAN

(Bromhead, Cutts & Co.)

small portable painting-box containing
some prepared paper for oil sketches, as
well as the other necessary materials.
When Turner halted at a scene and seemed
inclined to sketch it, Johns produced the
inviting box, and the great artist, finding
everything ready to his hand, immediately
began to work." In this way Turner
produced about a dozen oil sketches of
scenes round Plymouth. Most of them were
in his possession when he died and were
included in the Turner Bequest to the
National Gallery. He does not seem to
have regarded this experiment of working
direct from nature in oils as a success,
as he never repeated it; nor does he
seem to have used any of these sketches

as material for his larger compositions.
They are, nevertheless, very delightful
records of some of the loveliest scenery in
England, and the Bridge is one of the most
pleasing of the series. 000

In these days of high prices the rag-
bag is not to be despised, and how
effectively its resources may be utilised
is shown by Miss Amy Sawyer's Peacock
Panel, which we have reproduced as a
colour supplement. With the exception
of some machine sewing done by a friend
all the needlework in this large panel,
24 square feet in area, was done with the
artist's left hand. 0000

Mr. Bertram Buchanan is an etcher
but newly come within our ken, although

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