Westport High School - Herald Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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drawing is ,utlines are ire studied. n to color. oal as their ,tion of the a more ad- .e work in oduction to lre learned ourth year, L work that 1rned in his ips the pro- dea of how' t, the draw- 1ral flowerg t be decided gn is made then made tencil. The ion and the llhis process u everything asses, for all ases contain 1 the fourth centerpieces, baskets, and l these beau- 1 the fourth pils drop out dation year. QRTON, 'l6. atures of the oil painting .usiastie class :ellent things. elen Forney, d to be hung ings by Kan- s Institute, is ibject-a still mot of brass, or Ki if as K 'I 1 Halmlflelslw. 'f UR Gm U . FORC T :fd x x i rv 1'1- O, .J f DESIGN-FOR - CARD -CASE-IN Tootrn-LIATHER ll-SI! DUKE. XXX ,i f A W x ., N I we ' l l Sfpraqlw f A 2 I 1 X ,' i f X H ny r 1 , , l 1 DISTRIBUTION OP Lwr-11 mn DAT'-.N -- - ------------- ,V X-X If ' 2 F21 5 a - can-ll-1-11-I-nu---Q! FLOWER COMPOSITION .-.Q an -I Q '- I, if N1 . lbw fl' f v XX Sa Q Q , W umm M E E an g If QE 1 22 f lb is-s n , ' Y s,jN- d + ' ' x ' 1 x A' A ' LANDSCAPE COVIPOSITION 4' ' ffi r i ' ,, Madam A A 'F rl 1 . M-KING fl fke - ,.,,-,-..- .,., ....... - ,-----,,., A .il IRA MR! PINKSTON ORIGINAL OESEIGN FOR BOWL. ORIGINAL UESIGN FDR 'FRFIRA msnnr RUTH SPENCER- O ' 'Fi 'Q A . , ff ii lv' '1r '-ur 'Fur' 'v 'v' 'H' sf' 9 M92 -QF' Q-12+-IF' 'fs-wir-1? 'fe-wlmf' fp A Y, ' Kb DUIZNOLZZTQSFSUESO or ii Ml LDED 'MORE' M 7 ,- .... ..... 3 A mbisimmas A . - FROM DESIGN RooM 78 if l f 6 im? sv wx' X I

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.. - Y Y-int CMF III: :II,.I I I I I I III , I I I I I I I I ,I I. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I . I I I I I I I I I II If' II 'III' I I I I I 3,0 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. them Gladys Austin, Florence Knight, Olive Clausen, and Helen Brunig. KATHRINA NoR'roIN, l8. ! THE WORK IN ROOM 78 The classes of Room 78 have had an excep- tionally interesting year, especially the De- sign classes, of which I am a member. Be- sides the usual HERALD cover contest, the De- sign girls tried for a prize of five dollars given by Mrs. W. B. Thayer. The design was to be taken from an Indian rug or blanket in the American and Indian Room of the Fine Arts Institute. The prize was awarded to Marga- ret Brackett for a rug design, the design be- coming the property -of the donor of the prize. Honorable mention was received by Lucille Rockwell and Hazel Cope. There were a great many excellent designs submitted and a great deal of good, hard work was spent on them. This year the prize for the HERALD cover goes to Ruby Loraine Crary and hon- orable mention to Lucille Ro-ckwell, Helen Combs, and Kathrina Norton. The third year work is begun by drawing flowers and leaves, which are used in designs throughout the year. From these the Howerf compositions, surface designs, etc., are made. Then there are studies in light and darkf' print designs, and especially the color schemes. These are taken from birds, butterHies, and old Japanese prints, taking care to get the right amount of each color. They are then applied to a print design, still keeping the amounts of color as in the model. Next the colors are reversed in the same print design. The color schemes are also applied t-o a copied and an original dress. The third year ends with practical designs for wall paper, china, book covers, and cretonnes. In Room 78 we also have some first year or free-hand drawing classes. In this work the pencil is used as the medium. Lettering is taken up at the first of the year, followed by a very complete course in perspective. In the perspective work houses seen from the win- dows and interior and exterior views are drawn. The model and object drawing is next taken up, in which pCrf6C'E OL1'f1i11CS HTC worked for, then lights and darks are studied. These classes have an introduction to color. The second year pupils use charcoal as their medium. This work is a. continuation of the model and object drawing, but on a more ad- vanced scale. In this year some work in flower drawing is done as an introduction to design. The elements of color are learned and applied to the designs. And last, but not least, is the fourth year, or Arts and Crafts. It is in this work that the pupil app-lies all that he has learned in his previous years of drawing. Perhaps the pro- cesses of stenciling will give an idea of how the previous work is applied. First, the draw- ing must be made from the natural flower, then the article to be stenciled must be decided upon. Next an appropriate design is made from the flower drawing. It is then made into a pattern and is cut into a stencil. The color scheme is then decided upon and the stencil applied to the material. This process may in a measure be applied to everything made by the Arts and Crafts classes, for all the designs are original. The cases contain many ine pieces of work done in the fourth year. There are stenciled scarfs, centerpieces, sofa pillows, cut leather purses, baskets, and wood carving. VVhen one sees all these beau- tiful pieces of handiwork done in the fourth year, it seems a great pity that pupils drop out after their first year-the foundation year. IRA MAY P1NRERToN, 'l6. -. ROOM 77 One of the most interesting features of the Art department this year is the oil painting class. The members of this enthusiastic class have accomplished some really excellent things. The fact that a canvas by Helen Forney, one of its members, was accepted to be hung in the recent exhibition of paintings by Kan- sas City artists at the Fine Arts Institute, is one proof of its success. The subject-a still life study-an oriental coffee-pot of brass.

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Kr.. ,L .. 5 f 'xx TWV KTTH 32 TI-IE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. with a couple of apples on a brass waiter, hav- ing a background of green drapery-was well hung, and was praised f-or its frank and vig- orous treatment and close- study of values. Among others who best represent the oil painting class are Josephine McColgin, joseph Toffee, Gladys Livesay, and Mary Martin, al- though Ruth Underwood, Edna Lemmon, and Estelle Stone, with less experience, are not far behind. In additi-on to the oil painting, Loraine Makimson, Mary Klapmeyer, Cordelia Lee, Muriel Fletcher, and Eleanor Smith have pro- duced some very creditable examples of water- color. Jane Beaumont, Margaret Armstrong, and Marie Ettwein have divided their time be- tween painting and drawing from life. Mildred Jeffers, Geraldine Shepard, and Edith Hardy have made some unusually good charcoal drawings from the cast, their progl ress being evident in the improvement -of their last drawings over earlier ones. Numerous examples of perspective, original designs, and drawing from o-bjects bear wit- ness o.f the industry of the Hrst year class. From many excellent students in this class we find Pauline Brelsford, Edith Hibbard, Bere- nice Fowler, Williamette Loohey, Helen Rick- er, and Loraine Swett. SOME OF OUR KANSAS CITY ' ARTISTS In the Art Institute not long ago there was a rare collection of studies from nature painted by Mrs. Brumsback. Did you ever see a sun- set when the very sky seemed aiireg the water into which it was reflected of the same golden hue, only softened and toned down by the blue of the water? Such is the painting of a sun- set by our artist. VVe may call her ours, I think, for she is Kansas City's best. Mrs. Brumsback paints pictures of many kinds. In this exhibit there were several snow scenes, one of which was called The Morning Walk.,' Passing on to others, how many of us, I wonder, ever stopped to- think how much color there is in a river? In her paintings of the Blue River this thought is brought very clear- ly before the mind. I have yet to tell you of my faVOfitC, which you may compare and contrast with the others. Place yourself at the foot of a hill, or per- haps up a little way, and look with me. First we see a mass of flowers showing forth in all their beauty. On the left side there is a large tree, which casts a cool, refreshing shadow on the little roadway leading underneath it. The road has the appearance of not having been used recently. Glance upward and we behold a meadow, stretching over the hill rising from the road. At the top there are a. few build- ings, which are not prominent, yet tend to take away the loneliness. These little houses are surrounded by the meadow. At a later exhibit, for at the Art Institute the exhibitions are changed frequently, a pict- ure of Mrs. Brumsback's won a prize. It was one of a large boat in a bay, the title of which was The Green Boatf, At this 'ex- hibit there were represented other Kansas City students in wh-om you may be interested. Among these were Robert E. Ball, Jr., whose picture entitled 4'The Pont Neuf, Paris, won a prize, R. L. Lambdin, who showed that even in the commonest things there is beauty, in his picture 'KRailroad Yardsgl' and many other students. But perhaps you know little of these people and say you are not interested in the works of people you have never heard of. Then let us mention pictures painted by people you know better. Vlfaldo Wallis, a former student of Wesstpoirt, is represented there by his picture The Stone Quarryf' Miss Boyd, a teacher of art here in our own school, has several paintings there, among which is Mission Hills Quarry. Then also the teach- er of art at our Missouri University, John S. Ankenney, is represented by several paint- ings, one of which is '4VVhen All the VVorld is Blue and Goldfl Are you not now inter- ested in Kansas City's best Art Gallery? MAURINE Pmexms, '16, . 1 4 5 i Ii 2 , I J Q 4 . a e 5 l I 2 2 1 if at v W I ll i. 1 it il 5 i i I l i li 3 'E Z lt E i. 1 I Q