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then fet it by to dry for two hours ; after which, varnifh it over
with maftich varnifh, or turpentine varnifh, four or five times, or
fo often, till you can fee clearly through it ; and, after twenty-
four hours, you may proceed to painting it.
To paint Me zz o-tiN To prints.
Whether in landscape, or other prints, the firft thing you have
to do, is to glaze all thcfe places which require it.
But the beft way is to work fitting* not ftanding, hecaufe you
will be able to move your band and the pencil wich the more
fteadinefs.
And it will be proper to hare a tabfe-eafel to fet your glafs-
upon, almoft like a reading-defk, excepting that there is a panne}-
or back-board for a book. The painting-defk muft be all open,
only with three or four wires to keep the picture from falling
through, and a narrow ledge at the bottom for it to ftand upon,
and little holes made equally diftant on both fides of it, as in
painters eafels, that bv pegs or pins, and a ledge laid upon them,
you may raife the picture higher or lower, as beft agrees with
your com eniency.
It will alfo be beft to lay a fheet of white paper behind the pic-
ture on the table, and you will find it better to your purpofe than
if placed againft the window.
If you would have your glazing to lie thin, and to dry quickly,
mix varnifh when you lay it on the picture, and in three or fow
hours time they will be fit for receiving other colours.
And, in landfcapes', you fhould firft glaze the neareft and great
trees, grounding them well with brown pink ; but, if you would
have them greener, add diftiiled verdigreafe.
Thofe trees that you would have of a lively and beautiful, as'
alfo leaves and woods, muft be glazed with Dutch pink and dif-
tilled verdigreafe ; but the trees farther off with verdigreafe alone.
Hills, mountains, and trees, at the greateft diftance of all, are
to be glazed with fine fmalt, a little lake, and verdigreafe, all
thinly mixed with varnifh.
For the fky, ufe ultramarine, or, for want of that, fine fmalt j
mix it thin with varnifhy and glaze it over two or three times with
a clean large pencil, and a verv quick ftroke ; for, if you are te-
dious, it will dry fo faft that vou cannot poflibly lay it even.
If your landfcapes are fumiihed with figures, buildings, rocks,
ruins, 3cc. they require to be finhhed before any thing elfe is
done.
The mixturesof colours for thcfe things confiftchienv of blacks,
w J *
whites, and yellows, with fornetimes a little red; but the mixture,
compofition, and proportions of them, muft ahvavs be left to the
judgment and experience of the artift, with this confideration, that
i\\ the colours for this kind of painting ought to be very light.
then fet it by to dry for two hours ; after which, varnifh it over
with maftich varnifh, or turpentine varnifh, four or five times, or
fo often, till you can fee clearly through it ; and, after twenty-
four hours, you may proceed to painting it.
To paint Me zz o-tiN To prints.
Whether in landscape, or other prints, the firft thing you have
to do, is to glaze all thcfe places which require it.
But the beft way is to work fitting* not ftanding, hecaufe you
will be able to move your band and the pencil wich the more
fteadinefs.
And it will be proper to hare a tabfe-eafel to fet your glafs-
upon, almoft like a reading-defk, excepting that there is a panne}-
or back-board for a book. The painting-defk muft be all open,
only with three or four wires to keep the picture from falling
through, and a narrow ledge at the bottom for it to ftand upon,
and little holes made equally diftant on both fides of it, as in
painters eafels, that bv pegs or pins, and a ledge laid upon them,
you may raife the picture higher or lower, as beft agrees with
your com eniency.
It will alfo be beft to lay a fheet of white paper behind the pic-
ture on the table, and you will find it better to your purpofe than
if placed againft the window.
If you would have your glazing to lie thin, and to dry quickly,
mix varnifh when you lay it on the picture, and in three or fow
hours time they will be fit for receiving other colours.
And, in landfcapes', you fhould firft glaze the neareft and great
trees, grounding them well with brown pink ; but, if you would
have them greener, add diftiiled verdigreafe.
Thofe trees that you would have of a lively and beautiful, as'
alfo leaves and woods, muft be glazed with Dutch pink and dif-
tilled verdigreafe ; but the trees farther off with verdigreafe alone.
Hills, mountains, and trees, at the greateft diftance of all, are
to be glazed with fine fmalt, a little lake, and verdigreafe, all
thinly mixed with varnifh.
For the fky, ufe ultramarine, or, for want of that, fine fmalt j
mix it thin with varnifhy and glaze it over two or three times with
a clean large pencil, and a verv quick ftroke ; for, if you are te-
dious, it will dry fo faft that vou cannot poflibly lay it even.
If your landfcapes are fumiihed with figures, buildings, rocks,
ruins, 3cc. they require to be finhhed before any thing elfe is
done.
The mixturesof colours for thcfe things confiftchienv of blacks,
w J *
whites, and yellows, with fornetimes a little red; but the mixture,
compofition, and proportions of them, muft ahvavs be left to the
judgment and experience of the artift, with this confideration, that
i\\ the colours for this kind of painting ought to be very light.