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![[Art class, sketching a private home, Normal School]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYXJ0LWNsYXNzLXNrZXRjaGluZy1hLXByaXZhdGUtaG9tZS1ub3JtYWwtc2Nob29sLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/254/jpg "[Art class, sketching a private home, Normal School]")
![[A class in painting, Central High School]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYS1jbGFzcy1pbi1wYWludGluZy1jZW50cmFsLWhpZ2gtc2Nob29sLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[A class in painting, Central High School]")
![[Art class, sketching ducks at zoo, Normal school]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYXJ0LWNsYXNzLXNrZXRjaGluZy1kdWNrcy1hdC16b28tbm9ybWFsLXNjaG9vbC02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Art class, sketching ducks at zoo, Normal school]")
![[Washington, D.C. public schools, 1st Division - art class sketching outdoors]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1wdWJsaWMtc2Nob29scy0xc3QtZGl2aXNpb24tYXJ0LWNsYXNzLXNrZXRjaGluZy1vdXRkb29ycy02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Washington, D.C. public schools, 1st Division - art class sketching outdoors]")
![[Children learning to draw in an art class at a "commune school" in China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvY2hpbGRyZW4tbGVhcm5pbmctdG8tZHJhdy1pbi1hbi1hcnQtY2xhc3MtYXQtYS1jb21tdW5lLXNjaG9vbC1pbi1jaGluYS1lNjljZWMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Children learning to draw in an art class at a \"commune school\" in China]")
![[Students drawing in an art class, Western High School, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvc3R1ZGVudHMtZHJhd2luZy1pbi1hbi1hcnQtY2xhc3Mtd2VzdGVybi1oaWdoLXNjaG9vbC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Students drawing in an art class, Western High School, Washington, D.C.]")
