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irritant; the nimbler it is laid on, the evener the colour will lie.
You ought to cover rather too much than too little of your
ground with this prime, than you (hall ufe for the Face.
Having done this, take a pretty large pallet of ivory or other
matter, and, before you begin to work, temper certain little heaps
of the fhadows for the Face, on the pallet with your finger.
The order of fhadows for the Face. In all your fhadows mix
fome white ; for the red, in the cheeks, lips, &c. temper lake,
red lead, and a little white ; for the blue, as the veins, &c. a
little indigo and white; for the fainted and weakeft colour or
fhades, lake and white, a little oker and a little indigo ; and, if
you pleafe, a very fmall quantity of pink or mafticote ; for the
deeper fhadows, white Englifh oker and umber; for the darkeft
and hardeft fhadows ufe lake and pink, mixed with umber.
Remember this, that you muff by no means ufe black in a
Face.
Thefe colours for fhadows being thus prepared on vour pallet,
draw the lines of profile, i. e. the outmoft ftroke of a Face, with
lake and white mingled very faint; by this you may convenient-
ly mend the draught, if falfe, with a deeper mixture of the fame
colour; having drawn the lines exactly, and in true proportion,
which is the chiefeft thing of all, in the next place, obferve the
deeper and more remarkable fhadows, and, with the fame faint
crimfon colour of lake and white, give fome flight touches and
marks, fomewhat roughly, of thefe fhadows, whi;h you are to
finifh afterwards.
The order of drawing at the firji fitting. Firft, you muft only
dead-colour the Face, as the oil painters do, and not meddie
with the reft, and this firft fitting commonly takes up two hours.
The dead-colouring of a Face is to be done the roue-heft and
boldeft of all; having drawn your Face with lake and white, as
before, you muft take to the faid colour a little red lead, tem-
pering it to the colour of the cheeks, lips, &c. becaufe you can-
not lighten a deep colour, without danger of fpoiling the picture.
The firft colour to begin the Face with, is the red of the cheeks
and lips, fomewhat ftrongly the bottom of the chin, if the per-
fon be beardlefs ; over, under, and about the eves, you will per-
ceive a delicate and faint rednefs, and underneath the eyes inclin-
ing to a purple colour, which in fair and beautiful Faces is ufual,
and muft be obferved ; the tip of the ear and the root^ of the frail
are commonly of the fame colour.
All this you muft do after the manner of hatching with faint
and gentle ftrokes, warning it all along.
In fhort, in your dead-colouring, you muft cover your ground
with the aforefaid red and the fubiequent fhadows,
Ycu need not be over curious in your firft working ; but re-
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irritant; the nimbler it is laid on, the evener the colour will lie.
You ought to cover rather too much than too little of your
ground with this prime, than you (hall ufe for the Face.
Having done this, take a pretty large pallet of ivory or other
matter, and, before you begin to work, temper certain little heaps
of the fhadows for the Face, on the pallet with your finger.
The order of fhadows for the Face. In all your fhadows mix
fome white ; for the red, in the cheeks, lips, &c. temper lake,
red lead, and a little white ; for the blue, as the veins, &c. a
little indigo and white; for the fainted and weakeft colour or
fhades, lake and white, a little oker and a little indigo ; and, if
you pleafe, a very fmall quantity of pink or mafticote ; for the
deeper fhadows, white Englifh oker and umber; for the darkeft
and hardeft fhadows ufe lake and pink, mixed with umber.
Remember this, that you muff by no means ufe black in a
Face.
Thefe colours for fhadows being thus prepared on vour pallet,
draw the lines of profile, i. e. the outmoft ftroke of a Face, with
lake and white mingled very faint; by this you may convenient-
ly mend the draught, if falfe, with a deeper mixture of the fame
colour; having drawn the lines exactly, and in true proportion,
which is the chiefeft thing of all, in the next place, obferve the
deeper and more remarkable fhadows, and, with the fame faint
crimfon colour of lake and white, give fome flight touches and
marks, fomewhat roughly, of thefe fhadows, whi;h you are to
finifh afterwards.
The order of drawing at the firji fitting. Firft, you muft only
dead-colour the Face, as the oil painters do, and not meddie
with the reft, and this firft fitting commonly takes up two hours.
The dead-colouring of a Face is to be done the roue-heft and
boldeft of all; having drawn your Face with lake and white, as
before, you muft take to the faid colour a little red lead, tem-
pering it to the colour of the cheeks, lips, &c. becaufe you can-
not lighten a deep colour, without danger of fpoiling the picture.
The firft colour to begin the Face with, is the red of the cheeks
and lips, fomewhat ftrongly the bottom of the chin, if the per-
fon be beardlefs ; over, under, and about the eves, you will per-
ceive a delicate and faint rednefs, and underneath the eyes inclin-
ing to a purple colour, which in fair and beautiful Faces is ufual,
and muft be obferved ; the tip of the ear and the root^ of the frail
are commonly of the fame colour.
All this you muft do after the manner of hatching with faint
and gentle ftrokes, warning it all along.
In fhort, in your dead-colouring, you muft cover your ground
with the aforefaid red and the fubiequent fhadows,
Ycu need not be over curious in your firft working ; but re-
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