A PICTURE TO FAINT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 April 1928, Page 10

A PICTURE TO FAINT

Dear Children. Have vim a box of [taints and are von elev'er at putting colours together 'so that thev inateh l.eautifully ? (>u this page to'-dny is a large ldack and white picture and some time this week von and home of your yoini". friend.; should get out your paint hoxes. take one picture each and see who ean paint it best. Kcmcinbcr you will have to ask father a ltd nipt her to let von cut out the painting picture from their paper. All you have to do is to study this pretty black-and-white piet inc. decide how yon can make ii prettier still by careful colouring, and. when you have deeided on your -colour-scheme.' get quietly to work, and paint or crayon it 'as nicely as you possibly can. 1 lon't rush, and ilou't spill ;i box till of mixed paints all over the pic tore. A touch of colour here, smother touch there, and the harmonious bl.nl ing of the various shades without tin overdose of any one of them, will he (|tiite sufficient'. Mind you study the picture lir.-t. though—and don't, whatever you do. dab on the wrong colour.-.' Little artists often go wrong hen —they make. ;i night sky bright blue, or a flay sky deep black: the\ sometimes make the sun look green, or the moon navy blue! And this isn't at all gooil work!—Love from Wendy.