After some experience in handling five or seven tones, the student can
undertake original composition. For a beginning pure landscape may be
best, taking some of the subjects previously used.
Follow this with landscape and figures; groups of figures with landscape
background; figures in interiors; and portrait sketches.
Compose for a book‐page, using one light gray value to represent the
effect of type, as in No. 58, opposite. Paint very freely, without too
much thought of scales and intervals. Let gradations enter where needed
for finer effect. Study the work of the best illustrators, noting the
tone‐scheme and the placing upon the page.