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^Sketch Club ffi LESSON NO. 53 You will remember that son No. 51 we studied Tone Technique. In this lesson study a Value Scale of Nine Tones produced with Wash Tones, ranging from white paper to a solid black wash as produced from lamp black, a water colour medium. The simplest form of Tone Rhythm is a plain gradation from white to black as shown in Fig. 185. For convenience of reference and study, this gradation has been divided into nine separate tones, and known as the Value Scale. The gradations, tones, or "notes, might call them, have been named as in Fig. 186. Just as the simple scale of musical notes is the foundation of the most elaborate compositions, so does the Value Scale underlie design in tone. The tones of any design which is carried out in black or graduations of black, can be matched with this scale, is interesting to try this out on various reproductions found printed in a magazine. Cultivate the habit of analyzing for their tones, the different designs and illustrations you may see. The two great possibilities in the use of the Value Scale are Contrast and Harmony. The last tone and the first are strongest in Contrast, being farthest apart in the Scale, the middle tone and the .tones on either side of it are best in Harmony, being nearest in relation. All other combinations of these and are more or less harmonious or contrasted. Tone Rhythm is gained ■when the different tones of the design are so arranged, as to have the Harmony and Contrast properly combined, so that they both unite in carrying out the purpose of the design, giving strong contrast or soft harmony where needed, and so producing a sense of unity and completeness throughout all parts of the design It is not necessary to use ah the tones of the scale to produce Tone Rhythm. Just as a pleasing tune may contain few different notes, a good tone design may have a few different tones. Generally, the fewer tones, the simpler and broader the design. Strictly speaking, Tone Rhythm cannot be produced with less than three tones. In the average work the tones used are B.M.L. Black and White for contrast, and Middle Tone to harmonise the two. Other combinations of three tones are made according to the effect desired, the light tones being used for delicacy of effect, and the ,= tones for richness and depth, every case and whatever the tones used, the points of contrast will attract the eye, and the pleasure and success of this attraction will depend on the way the contrasts are related and brought out by the tones cf harmony This feature will be Illustrated in another lesson. You have already studied in these lessons most of the ways of obtaining tone in drawing. You have used the pencil, pen, crayon. With this lesson we will study Wash Drawing, that is a medium of Lamp Black, diluted with water. Each different medium has some advantage, either in execution, ease for printing, or stability to the work in hand. Water Color when mixed with Chinese White makes an opaque medium known as "Gouache" (pronounced as "Goo-ash") or more commonly known as "body-colour.' In "line" work, the drawing is usually made with pen or brush witl black ink, or on a white card. Othei methods of obtaining Tone have been explained; but, here is an tirely different method -- Wash Drawing, either in Transparent Wash or "Body-Color Wash." Wash Tones must be reproduced by the half-tone process and cannot be produced by the line process as drawings are reproduced. And to sum up our study of Tone Rhythm, we have seen: That may arrange lights and darks well as lines and shapes.--That the eye is attracted to the point of greatest contrast in such an arrangement.--That we may therefore set up a movement in our design, through the use of contrast and harmony, which will lead the eye where we wish it to go.--And that the use of tones ranging from white or delicate grey to deepest black enormously increases our means of expression in design. this expression is' controlled important respect, we shall see in our study of Balance, second of our three principles of Design. Ex. No. 61. Make a copy of Fig. 185 and Fig. 186 at least twice the size of the reproduction shown here. Use the wash medium either Transparent or Opaque. Questions will be answered in this department. Anyone wishing to receive a personal reply may have same if a 3c stamped, addressed envelope is enclosed with the request. The Art Director, Our Sketch Club, 73 Adelaide Street West, Toronto. ! "My, but these April showers MSome up qulcklyl" With liquid pace, less TUKE eard than The air a sea of song. Big clouds In dazzling whi clad Sail bravely through the t And all young things on ear glad, And ail old tales are true. CUNDAY- BAPTISM--Matthew 3 : 13-17; 28 : 19, 20; Acts 2 : 38, 41; 8: 26-39; Romans 6 : 1-14. Matthew 28 : 19, 20; Acts 8 : 26- GOLDEN TEXT--Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of Ihe Holy Spirit. --Matthew 28 : 19. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING TIME AND PLACE--The baptism of Jesus occurred in January, A.D. 27, at the Jordan River, but definite location is not known. The Great Commission was given by the Lord in the late spring of A.D. 30, in Galilee. For the second chapter of Acts and the Epistle to the Romans, see tht lesson for May 5. "Go ye therefore." This declaration of the risen Lord has been aptly cal: ed, The Great Commission, and wa given to the eleven disciples, on mountain in Galilee, at the last of Christ's appearances but one, shortly before his ascension to glory. "And make disciples." The Greek word translated disciple means fi a learner or pupil, in contrast to teacher (Matt. 10 : 24), and then adherent, one who is identified with a certain leader or school, and who adopts a corresponding line of duct (Mark "2 : 18; John 9 : 28 : 31; Luke 14 : 26, 27, 33).--"Of all the nation." Christ is the Saviour of the world; there is no other name whereby men can be saved; there is no man, and hence no nation of people, whose deepest need is not salvation from sin. "Baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Baptism follows belief: it is a publi confession on the part of the on baptized of having accepted Christ a the* all "Teaching-things whatsoever I commanded you." There is no and before the word teaching, so that baptizing and teaching is a continuous process. "And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." Here, it well might seem, the consciousness of authority reaches its climax. Nc mere man, being in possession of his reason and judgment, would have dared to utter these words. "But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying." Philip was one of the seven original deacons of the H^^" ed elsewhere Philip the evangelist (Acts 21 : 8). "Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza." The famous ■ Philistine city, remembered because of Samson's exploits there (Judges 16; cw. Jer. 47 : 5; Amos 1 :6. 7; etc.), mentioned only here in the New Testament. "The same is desert." Whether these words were spoken by the angel, or added by Luke, and whether the phrase refers to the road or to the city cannot be determined. "And he arose and went." "And behold, a man of Ethiopia." Ethiopia, like Cush in the O. T., is a general name given to the country which is now called Nubia and Abyssinia. "A eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians." appears from various ancient ....thorities that this was a name always borne by the queen-mother of the Ethiopians. "Who was over al! her treasure." "Who had come to Jerusalem to worship." He was a proselyte of the Jewish faith. 'And he was returning and sitting his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isiah." Greek literature had Max Clowns (A) bout Again long spread to the kingdem of Msroe as early as the third century B.C.: there is therefore nothing improbable in the Sep'uagint translation, which this Ethiopian was found reading, having penetrated thither by the same channels. "And the Spirit said unto Philip." Nothing inconsistent with the previous statement that an angel had spoken to him. there was no reason why the angel should accompany Philip, or reappear to him, whilst the inward guidance of the Spirit would be always present, as our Lord had promised. "Go near, and join thyself to this chariot." It expresses perfectly the relationship that should, whenever possible, prevail in all of our personal work. "And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet." He was, of course, reading aloud. "And said, Understandest thou what thou readest?" How many people read the Scriptures, but do not understand them! "And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me?" The idea that all people can fully comprehend the meaning of the Scriptures without the help of Spirit-taught instructors is here emphatically denied. "And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him." The word denotes both the humility and the earnestness of the eunuch. "Now the passage of the which he was reading was this." The words quoted are from the Septu-agint translation of Isaiah 53 : 7, 8 The Ethiopian eunuch will be summoned forward with his Isaiah ir his hand at the last day to witness against us all for the books we buy and read, and for the way w time, both at home and on days, as well as on o journeys. "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For hi life is taken from the earth." Was : the eunuch's own serious instinct; that led him to the fifty-third c Isaiah? Or had he heard that pr< found and perplexing chapter dis puted over by Stephen and Saul i one of the synagogues of Jerusalem "And the unuch answered Philii and said, I pray thee, o f whom sjeaketh the prophet this? of hii other?" And this ion today regarding nong Jewish people. "And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scriptt preached unto him Jesus." What tragedy if Philip had not known meaning of this passage, or doubted its Messianic significance! ■'And as they went on the v they came unto a certain water.' is said to be near a place named Bethsur. "And the eunuch saith, hold, here is water; what doth hi er me to be baptized?" From this we must infer that Philip only been showing the eunuch the meaning of salvation in Christ, had also informed him conce the rite of baptism. "And he commanded the char stand still." "And they both down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him." Baptism here was certainly by im ; it followed instruction; i after the man had accepte: Christ as his Saviour; it was per formed by a duly appointed member of the Church; it was perfc mediately upon the man's desiring it. "And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the him no more, for he went way rejoicing." Cf. 1 Kings IS Ezek. 3 : 12, 14; 8 : 3. Rejoicing that he had not put off coming to th passover altogether. Rejoicing alsi that he had not talked about th. sights of Jerusalem all the way t< Gaza, but had read all the way ii the prophet Isaiah. i not sure that the mathe-understands this world of tter than the poet and the Perhaps it Is only that he ^Working hard at college?" fNot yst. The ground Is too we an*) slippery. We begin regula Mining next week. These Whimsical Towels Are Quick To Do Says Laura Wheeler KITCHEN TOWELS Add £ PATTERN 945 uch of gayeiy to your kitchen with these towels. You can, of course, embroider them in no time. They're mainly done in outline stitch and are especially nice in two shades of one "color. If there's a shower on your calendar, let these be your contributions, for they'll certainly meet with hearty approval. Pattern 945 comes to you with six motifs averaging 0V2 x 9 inches; illustrations of all stitches needed; material requirements and color suggestions. Send 20 cents in stamps or coin (coin preferred) for this pattern to Needlecraft Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide West, Toronto. World's Tallest Man > be the tallest man in the world, a young Finn nam* sed a sensation in Vienna. He is 24 years old and ... t in height. He is shown here as he looks down frc dizzy heights upon a tiny friend. Giant Union Jack For King's Jubilee Over 200 employees of a great London depart used to decorate the store during the Silvei King and Queen.