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Charlotte Mason Picture Study Aid Antoine Watteau

Then the picture was taken away and the children described it very accurately and fully

from memory.

Part II.--The teacher told the story of the good Dr. Primrose’s loss of fortune, of his

simplicity and cheerful acquiescence in his lot; then read, with a few verbal alterations, the

story of that Sunday morning when the Vicar’s daughters came down to breakfast as in their

prosperous days, with powdered hair, high heeled shoes, and satin dresses with long trains,
in which they meant to go to church, although they had no carriage.

The children greatly appreciated Dr. Primrose’s good sense, and his good-humoured way of
rebuking his daughters, and were delighted when they came to the account of the next

morning’s scene, illustrated by the picture. In conclusion, the children narrated the story.

For older students, she outlined the following in Volume 3 (pg 353):

A PICTURE TALK.

Group: Art.

Class III.
Age: 13.

Time: 25 minutes.

OBJECTS.

1. To give the girls some idea of composition, based on the work of the artist Jean Francois

Millet.
2. To inspire them with a desire to study the works of other artists, with a similar object in

view.

3. To help them with their original illustrations, by giving them ideas, carried out in Millet’s

work, as to simplicity of treatment, breadth of tone, and use of lines.

MATERIALS NEEDED.

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