London and New York: MacMillan; St. Martin’s Press for vols 1 and 2; London, MacMillan for the unnumbered copy, ( 1941-1949). Winifred Marks’ LIVELY DRAWING WITH PENCIL AND BRUSH books are very difficult to acquire and the larger volumes 3 and 4 are especially so. Marks’ encouragements (rather than instructions) to children serve to explain the great splash of drawings she offers on each page. “How to Make Colours Show Well”, for example is demonstrated with large flowers in vibrant colours with different coloured centres. For this same purpose, the effects of brush work, pattern making, mask making, picture making with colour paper, and much more are demonstrated. Marks encourages practice and thought and, at the same time, she urges breaking bounds:“ Always draw what you mean to draw... If you are drawing something and cannot think how it goes, make up the rest.” “Don’t see what YOU CAN DO. Find out what the TOOLS can do.” “When you think of something you would like to draw, don’t say, “How shall I do it?” Think about it a little more. Then draw those very things about which you have thought.” Exuberance, practice, and uncluttered exercise of the imagination are her message. Joe Pearson of DESIGN FOR TODAY has suggested that Winifred Marks’ teaching method echoes that of Marion Richardson and Montessori. Most uncommon. It is unusual to be able to offer three of the four books. In OCLC we have so far located only 4 holdings, including one at BLRC and at Oxford. Ref: 16912 With vibrant colour illustrations throughout, text incorporated into every illustrated page. “Bring pictures out of your mind.” 25 x 19 cm; books 1 & 2 are staple bound with 28 pp. each, all filled with illustrations from colour drawings; the unnumbered volume with 48 pp. is sewn in small folio.