How do you know this plant without seeing its colors? Paint a shadow picture of this flower, or of some other blossom that is a bunch of many little flowers in one head. Does the blossom droop, or nod, or stand erect? Show just how each leaf grows on the stem. Our pictures must tell the truth. Look closely at the two pictures of the chrysanthemum. See the two ways of painting the same plant. Which is easier to paint-this flower, or the dandelion? In what ways is this stem not like the flower-stem of the dandelion ? In what ways are the leaves not like the dandelion leaves? Can you see the flower-cup? What colors will you use to paint your flower? Is high." Study the shape of your own bright maple leaf. Are the leaf stems the same color as the bough? What do you see where the stems join the bough? your bough bent or straight? Does it grow smaller toward the end? What colors do you see in the leaves?• |