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Class “A”

N Class A. this year we have covered a large field — both in subject and in
media. Since beginning the year, in the Drawing and Painting Department,
under Mr. Scott, we have progressed through various stages of casts in

pencil and charcoal, Life in pencil and charcoal, and Still Life in water color
and pastel — all in preparation for our work in oils next year. The Design
class has been very interesting. We began with Mr. Korner in the Fall, and
after Christmas Mr. Semeyn became our instructor. He gave us a splendid
grounding in the principles of Design, and we have had several competitions’
which he has supervised. The first was a panel for the Library, using the
Dogtooth Violet as a motif, and another an all-over pattern based on our
flower studies, to be stencilled on the Library curtains. Our latest efforts have
been directed toward linoleum block book plates. Commercial Art affords a
variety of subject and technique. During the session we have worked on
posters, business cards, labels, catalogue covers, black and white-work and
lettering, under the able direction of Mr. Scott. Composition has had _ its
important place in our work, and Modelling has taught us to visualize the third

dimension.
Class “B

HE title is not entirely correct, as we were divided into two units—Classes

B. and C. This division took place about the middle of February, and it was

necessary to have a new teacher. Miss Railton took the position, and instructs
Class B., while Mrs. Hoole is head of C.

During the first part of the year only line drawing was done in the drawing
and painting periods, but we gradually worked up to the study of tone values.
Since Christmas, work has been done in washes of color, crayon and charcoal, as
well as pencil; we feel as though, in some distant time, we may be artists. Our
first few Commercial Art lessons were started very bravely, as we tried to
do advertisements for the Decart car, but the results being rather pitiful,
practise in lettering was resorted to. Lettered advertisements and box covers
are our latest effort, and, when compared with the first attempt, show quite
a cheerful improvement.

Altogether there must be some improvement for hard work has been
done by all the students, off and on — it would be nice to say all year,
though that is impossible, but we all hope some day to see our names in the
lime-light and will look back on our first year at Art School with humor,
satisfaction, and perhaps a little pride. :

eModelling, Class

T is not only the students of the Art School who realize their good fortune
in having Mr. Marega as a teacher, but also all those who have had the
privilege of seeng his beautiful work.

Strange as it may seem, there were only two students who had modelled
before, so that the first lesson was quite an event. Of course no one had a
definite idea just what we would start on, but it was quite a shock when we were
given an ivy leaf! Not that we expected to begin on a reproduction of the Venus