your silvery light,
As father sails over the sea."

Ship, sky and sea in the soft grays of night!

Which is darker, the sky or the sea?

Look at the light in the sky where it seems to meet the sea.

The ship looks darkest gray.

We see it against the lighter grays.

Paint a "ship on the sea, sailing to-night."

Have you seen how sunset light over snow warms the white to a violet glow?

Have you seen an evergreen tree against a sunset sky? The green looks very dark.

Have you noticed the beautiful shape of Christmas trees?

Paint a winter sunset, with an evergreen against the sunset sky.

Words make us see pictures. We can paint the same pictures with the brush.

Paint what the next lines make you see.

Here is Susan in the rain again! Now there are sky and trees in the picture.

Think how the little girl is placed to show that she is walking on the ground.

Which is lightest gray—sky, trees, or ground?

Draw the picture with pencil, or paint it with brush and ink.

Do these lines tell the truth about your field-day picnic?

Were you in the fields or in the woods?

Show with brush or pencil the best fun of the day.

Daisies are dancing, dancing, dancing,—
Daisies are dancing, list to the call
Sung by the Katydid, gay little fiddler
"Come all ye Flowers and dance at the Ball!"

When the dandelion looks up at the sun, it shakes out its golden tresses from the green flower-cup.

See the tall, round stem—pale green, with tints of red.

What colors do you see in the long, narrow, hooked leaves? Do they grow on the flower-stem?

Paint your dandelions with