Barrow, John [Hrsg.]: Dictionarium Polygraphicum: Or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested: Illustrated with Fifty-six Copper-Plates. In Two Volumes (Band 1) (London, 1758)

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his way of that time. He left England in the time of the popiih
plot, being a Roman Catholic, and died foon after at Amfterdam.

John Danlcers was a good hiftory-painter, and lived not many
years after his brother ; dying alfo at Amfterdam.

Peter DARET, who engraved various portraits, ufed
this mark.

The DARK Way of ■painting. As to the colours, they are pre-
pared in the fame manner as the other colours are for the light
way of painting, (for which fee the article LIGHT Way of
■painting) except that there muft not be any egg ufed in them.—■
You muft firft mark the paper with black lead, if white; and
with tobacco-pipe clay, if Dark. This you may do at pleafure,,
becaufe vou cannot fpoil it; only take care that you mark out
the figures as lofty with the landfcapes as you can ; then take a
little blue verditer and flake-white for the iky, in which you
need not be difficult, becaufe you muft go over it again.

Then dafht out at pleafure, and where you pleafe, the blue,
with a little lake, or rofe pink and flake-white.

Then ftrike the bottom of the fky, but not on the blue, with
a little red lead, flake-white, and yellow ; all which may be
done as quick and rough as you pleafe.

After you have done this, lay the diftant hills with a little blue
verditer and flake-white, but inclining moft to the verditer ;
then, for the neareft hills, lay them with the fame colours, and
a little rofe-pink added to them.

With this colour alfo you muft lay diftant hoirfes or towers;
and then ftrike the colour the neareft your pattern with flake-
white, blue verditer, and Dutch pink ; then lay it here and there
under the white and yellow ; add a little Spanifh brown to this
or whatever green you ufe, dipping your pencil into any other
colour, and mixing it with the aforelaid green for variety.

Here and there you may intermix a purplifJh colour, and fo
work in all manner of colours, according as you fhall pleafe.

Obferve to make the loweft colours the darkeft part of the
landicape, and lay in the houfes and trees, as you come down
with the grounds. AH this you may do at pleafure, for the
hnifhing will fet all to rights; nor wift it be any matter, if in
the colouring your ground is gone over with your colours here
and there.

Then draw vour figures more perfe£tly with verditer, car-
mine, and litmofe. This likewife you may do without fear ;
becaufe, when you come to lay thecolours of the figures, all will
be rectified.

After you have drawn the figures, look and fill up every
place that is left with colour; and afterwards go over the fky
3 with