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ing ftirred it well with your finger, and the whole being thorough-
ly foaked, let it fui fide for a while, and then pour it off, by incli-
nation, into another veflel, and what you pour off will be the
fineft particles, which you muft afterwards fet to dry : The co-
lour, thus prepared, muft, when you ufe it, be tempered with gum
water, as (hall hereafter be directed. This is a good contrivance,
and perfectly calculated for the delicacy of fmall works.
Greens, blacks, greys, and yellows; thefecolours being mix-
ed with a little of the gall of ox, carp, or eel, efpecially of this
laft, it will give them a luftre and vivacity not natural to them.
You muft take the gall of eels, when they are fkinned, and hang
them by a nail to dry; and, when you ufe any, you muft fteep
it in brandy, and mingle fome of it with the colour already tem-
pered. It will caufe the colour to take the vellum more ftrongly,
which it will not eafily do when the vellum is greafy ; befides,
the gall prevents its peeling.
Yellow oker, brown red, umber, and ultramarine ; thefe are
colours which purify by fire, all others blacken thereby; but, if
you burn the abovenamed colours with a ftrong fire, they change,
for the brown red turns yellow, the yellow oker turns red, the
umber reddens alfo, and white lead becomes of a Jemon colour,
and is called mafticote. Obferve, that the yellow oker, being
burnt, becomes fofter and kinder by far than before, and more fo
than the pure brown red ; and, reciprocally, the brown red, be-
ing burnt, becomes more foft and agreeable than the pure yellow
oker ; they are both very good. The fineft and moft pure ul-
tramarine, burnt in a red-hot fhovel, becomes much more bril-
liant than before ; but, refined after this manner, it diminifties,
and becomes coarfer, and harder to work with in Miniature.
Thefe colours are tempered, in fea-fhells, or in fmall ivory
cups made on purpofe, with water, in which hath been before
diflblved gum arabic and fugar-candy ; for example, in a good
glafs of water put the quantity of your thumb of gum arabic, and
half that quantity of fugar-candy. This laft prevents the colours
from fcaling when applied, which they commonly do without
it, or when the vellum is greafy.
This gum water muft be kept in a bottle,always ftopped clofe;
and never dip a coloured pencil into it, but take it out with a
quill, or fome fuch thing.
Some of this water you muft pour into a {hell, together with
the colour you ufe, and temper them with \our finger, til! the
whole be very fine. If you find your colour too hard, leave it to
foften in the fhell before you temper it ; then fet it to dry, and
fo do by all, except the iris green, and bladder green, and gam-
boge, which muft be tempered with water only ; but ultrama-
rine, lake, and Spaniih brovvn? muft be more gummed than other
colours. If
ing ftirred it well with your finger, and the whole being thorough-
ly foaked, let it fui fide for a while, and then pour it off, by incli-
nation, into another veflel, and what you pour off will be the
fineft particles, which you muft afterwards fet to dry : The co-
lour, thus prepared, muft, when you ufe it, be tempered with gum
water, as (hall hereafter be directed. This is a good contrivance,
and perfectly calculated for the delicacy of fmall works.
Greens, blacks, greys, and yellows; thefecolours being mix-
ed with a little of the gall of ox, carp, or eel, efpecially of this
laft, it will give them a luftre and vivacity not natural to them.
You muft take the gall of eels, when they are fkinned, and hang
them by a nail to dry; and, when you ufe any, you muft fteep
it in brandy, and mingle fome of it with the colour already tem-
pered. It will caufe the colour to take the vellum more ftrongly,
which it will not eafily do when the vellum is greafy ; befides,
the gall prevents its peeling.
Yellow oker, brown red, umber, and ultramarine ; thefe are
colours which purify by fire, all others blacken thereby; but, if
you burn the abovenamed colours with a ftrong fire, they change,
for the brown red turns yellow, the yellow oker turns red, the
umber reddens alfo, and white lead becomes of a Jemon colour,
and is called mafticote. Obferve, that the yellow oker, being
burnt, becomes fofter and kinder by far than before, and more fo
than the pure brown red ; and, reciprocally, the brown red, be-
ing burnt, becomes more foft and agreeable than the pure yellow
oker ; they are both very good. The fineft and moft pure ul-
tramarine, burnt in a red-hot fhovel, becomes much more bril-
liant than before ; but, refined after this manner, it diminifties,
and becomes coarfer, and harder to work with in Miniature.
Thefe colours are tempered, in fea-fhells, or in fmall ivory
cups made on purpofe, with water, in which hath been before
diflblved gum arabic and fugar-candy ; for example, in a good
glafs of water put the quantity of your thumb of gum arabic, and
half that quantity of fugar-candy. This laft prevents the colours
from fcaling when applied, which they commonly do without
it, or when the vellum is greafy.
This gum water muft be kept in a bottle,always ftopped clofe;
and never dip a coloured pencil into it, but take it out with a
quill, or fome fuch thing.
Some of this water you muft pour into a {hell, together with
the colour you ufe, and temper them with \our finger, til! the
whole be very fine. If you find your colour too hard, leave it to
foften in the fhell before you temper it ; then fet it to dry, and
fo do by all, except the iris green, and bladder green, and gam-
boge, which muft be tempered with water only ; but ultrama-
rine, lake, and Spaniih brovvn? muft be more gummed than other
colours. If