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Show - probacy the greatest in the history of commercial tit. At the height of his career, he began a e scaxch for people who like to draw. AUI2T DCTKI r money-make- full-tim- criticism the field of art has ever known. The course was planned so that people with no previous art training coula start right from scratch. Yet it has proved so complete and practical that thousands of professional artists have also enrolled to further improve their earning power. This original course in Commercial Art and Illustration was so successful that two other equally outstanding courses have since been added . . . one in Fine Arts Painting, the other in Professional Cartooning. The Famous Artists Schools, still owned and run by j the famous artists who started it, now has active students in every state and in over 40 foreign countries. Albert Dome, President of the School, is not surprised at all by the success of his students. "Opportunities open to trained He LoaMmg fite People Wh Like 4 Bipsot- - America's NOSMAN ROCKWIU d artist, and a founder of thevFamous Artists Schools. best-love- - .. artists today are enormous. We continually get calls and letters from art buyers all over the U. S. They ask us for practical, students not geniuses who can ' e fill or part-tim- e jobs." by Res Taylor well-train- ed full-tim- Each of these peopled and thousands of others have been helped tosuccess in art which Albert Dome a bold program through a c? v almost ten years ago. proposed Wow Kind of Art Softool From the day Albert Dome first became men and women a celebrated illustrator who wanted to be artists flocked to him for . help and guidance. all had one thing in common," "They liked to draw. What most Dome of tho pooplo Don saw, "they Vko an luui holpod to oiioeoodt of them needed was a little more confidence Don Smith lives ufNew Orleans. Three in themselves and some practical training knew Don about art in professional art techniques." nothing years ago is had he talent. an even doubted he Today Dome was eager to help these people, but illustrator with the largest advertising agency realized he couldn't do it alone. So he called in the South! together a group who, with himself, comJohn Busketta was a pipefitter's helper in prised America's 12. Most Famous Artists a gas company. He still works for the same "All over the country," Dome told them," adin an now he's artist the but company "there are men and women who like to vertising department at a big increase in pay. draw and who could be successful artists. Elizabeth Merriss, busy New York' Why can't we give these people the one the trade mother, now adds to her family's income by . thing they can't get elsewhere cards and learned secrets we and designing greeting illustrating Only techniques j , children's, books. through' years of successful experience. I'm in Newark, Ohio, . A suggesting an entirely new kind of home-stud- y "one-man" local show art school . one that .will give recently had her first water colors talented people everywhere an opportunity where she sold thirty-tw- o and five oil paintings. to get professional art training without leaving their homes or giving up John Whitaker of Memphis was an airtheir jobs." line clerk two years ago. Recently he won a national cartooning contest prize, now does The idea met with great enthusiasm. -comic for a a group of newspapers. strip Taking time off from their busy careers thousands of people who never Today they could be artists are working happily at easels and drawing boards, and getting paid for making pictures them. Clerks, secretaries, mechanics, housewives, salesmen, policemen, people in every walk of life are being helped to success and happiness in art and the one who is least the 'man most surprised is Albert Dome for their success. responsible mu , N great-grandmoth- the famous artists perfected a revolutionary new way to teach drawing and painting. They made over 5,000 special illustrations for thm course, each man contributing his own special "hallmark of greatness." For example, Norman Rockwell devised a sim- x le way to explain how to create his famous warming characters. Jon Whitcomb explained how to draw the stunning "glam our girls'that have brought him worldp wide fame. AKDorne showed ways to achieve action and humor. Then came their mdstchallenging problem .. . how would they correct the draw ings that students living hundreds of miles away mailed to the School? The famous artists dug deep into their own rich experiences. The system they finally developed is the most personal, most effective method of 12-pa- ge : step-by-ste- America's 12 Licet J JON WHITCOMB .. .' AL PARKER ' - . 8TEVAN DOHANOS HOMO KINGMAN 1 i TOED LUDEKENS NORMAN ROCKWELL BEN 8TAHL , " . . Famous Artists ' AUSTIN BRIOOS FAMOUS AJtTttTS SCHOOLS I I Stoolo A5, Wostport, Coos, Please send me without obligation yoor Famous Artists Talent Test ) I ROBERT FAWCETT ' ' ' I Ku ' i I AsSVMoV a AmI ! j ..Aft........ I (ptosat prist) HAROLD VON SCHMIDT PETER HELCX. .ALBERT DORNK I I . tfiMtttittttiitiitit' I ' ah ...... ..........1..'.......Zmm....... I IGty - Art Toloat Toot Today, instead of interviewing people, Dome and his fellow artists have created a much more revealing method for discovering and measuring art talent . . . their own Famous Artists Talent Test. Originally there was a $1 charge for this test. Today, their School offers it free and grades it free. Men and women who reveal natural talent through the test are eligible for training by the School . . . right in their own homes and. in their spare time. Find out if your art talent is worth train- in Simply return the coupon. The Fa mous rtists Talent Test will be mailed trjr you without cost or obligation.1 This might well be your first step to an exciting new life in the wonderful world of art." -- er top-draw- Bmdlaf , ly. im ................. I5 . . .SlON. J |