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ZINK has lately furnifhed an elegant white, which,
if all faid of it by the French, who prepare it, is true,
rs'a noble produ&ion > as it ftands perfectly, both in oil
and water. It is not yet ufed in England.
The foregoing lift contains thofe colours which art
generally adopted into ufe: every mafter has fome me-
thod peculiar to himfelf in their management, as well as
a certain fet of colours which may be termed his favor-
ites. Some, indeed, fo perpetually refort to the fame
combinations of colours, that their performances ftrong-
ly evidence the mannerift ; a character to be avoided by
all who defire excellence.
The minuties of many articles we have omitted, fup-
pofmg the leading ideas fufficient: and the fame in the
preparation of certain colours-No doubt, by fimilar
methods many additional pigments might be procured.
In marking the prices to many articles, we fuppofe
we have done fervice to thofe who choofe nrft to count
the coft: it may perhaps obviate objections in the
minds of fome, to obferve how reafonable are the prin-
cipal requifites for attempts, in moft branches of the arts.
We mall now proceed to offer a few hints on the
management of thefe materials; beginning from the
fimple to the more complex methods of application, in
the following order:
WATER
ZINK has lately furnifhed an elegant white, which,
if all faid of it by the French, who prepare it, is true,
rs'a noble produ&ion > as it ftands perfectly, both in oil
and water. It is not yet ufed in England.
The foregoing lift contains thofe colours which art
generally adopted into ufe: every mafter has fome me-
thod peculiar to himfelf in their management, as well as
a certain fet of colours which may be termed his favor-
ites. Some, indeed, fo perpetually refort to the fame
combinations of colours, that their performances ftrong-
ly evidence the mannerift ; a character to be avoided by
all who defire excellence.
The minuties of many articles we have omitted, fup-
pofmg the leading ideas fufficient: and the fame in the
preparation of certain colours-No doubt, by fimilar
methods many additional pigments might be procured.
In marking the prices to many articles, we fuppofe
we have done fervice to thofe who choofe nrft to count
the coft: it may perhaps obviate objections in the
minds of fome, to obferve how reafonable are the prin-
cipal requifites for attempts, in moft branches of the arts.
We mall now proceed to offer a few hints on the
management of thefe materials; beginning from the
fimple to the more complex methods of application, in
the following order:
WATER