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Charlotte Mason Picture Study Aid Peter Paul Rubens

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.

See that the girls are provided with paint-boxes, brushes, water, pencils, rulers, india-rubber, and

paper.

Photographs of some of Millet’s pictures.

A picture-book by R. Caldecott.

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