Excerpt from Flowers and Plants for Designers and Schools: Photographed From Nature Our designer, then, must set his heart, above all things, on the acquisition of a sound technique and of a wide and catholic, yet critical faculty of observation. The former is a question of such importance as to merit some separate examination. The purpose we have in view - the use of plant-form for the making of pattern - calls for a technical practice somewhat more restricted than that needed by a painter, in the large sense of the word ...
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Excerpt from Flowers and Plants for Designers and Schools: Photographed From Nature Our designer, then, must set his heart, above all things, on the acquisition of a sound technique and of a wide and catholic, yet critical faculty of observation. The former is a question of such importance as to merit some separate examination. The purpose we have in view - the use of plant-form for the making of pattern - calls for a technical practice somewhat more restricted than that needed by a painter, in the large sense of the word. Pattern is always, of its very nature, a matter of precise outline in the making. Its broad effects are produced by judicious massing or distribution of clearly defined elements, each of which must be capable of simple reproduction, by the more or less mechanical process employed to carry it out, in the chosen fabric. For this, painting in oils is generally unsuitable: and the designer must be content often to deny himself the pleasure derived from the immeasurable subtleties of line and blended colour of which that medium is capable. The hard point of the pen, again, is almost to the same extent, to be avoided. If, for some few branches of pattern-making, it may be possible, the preper use of it can easily be acquired when needed. During the educational stage it is better let alone. Even afterwards, though there is a certain fascination in wielding a quill, results more true and more pleasant can be got with the brush - by far the best tool for design in black and white, whether in line or mass. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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