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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19954#0014
COLOURS FOR PORTRAIT PAINTING.
if it springs back, it is not quite damp enough; at the
same time, it must not be made so wet as to tear when
touched.
While the paper is soaking, paste very smoothly the
surface of the strained cartridge-paper, or calico, on which
place one end of your rolled paper, and press it on with
the damp sponge, unrolling it gradually, and pressing out
all the air-bubbles, but not rubbing so hard as to spoil the
surface. Let the boards dry gradually; if dried by a fire,
they would pucker; and remember to place them in a
horizontal position, that they may not "bag." The paper
shrinks in drying j and as the corners are disposed to dry
first, they frequently curl up, unless prevented by putting
weights on them.
Leaden, or other metal weights, tied up in silk bags, are
useful for this purpose. It will be at least twenty-four
hours before the strained paper is sufficiently dry to draw
upon. If drawn on before it is thoroughly dry, the pencil
will make indentations in the soft paper.
COLOURS FOR PORTRAIT PAINTING.
The colours used in portrait painting may be arranged
under two classes, namely, those employed in painting flesh,
and those adapted for draperies only.
if it springs back, it is not quite damp enough; at the
same time, it must not be made so wet as to tear when
touched.
While the paper is soaking, paste very smoothly the
surface of the strained cartridge-paper, or calico, on which
place one end of your rolled paper, and press it on with
the damp sponge, unrolling it gradually, and pressing out
all the air-bubbles, but not rubbing so hard as to spoil the
surface. Let the boards dry gradually; if dried by a fire,
they would pucker; and remember to place them in a
horizontal position, that they may not "bag." The paper
shrinks in drying j and as the corners are disposed to dry
first, they frequently curl up, unless prevented by putting
weights on them.
Leaden, or other metal weights, tied up in silk bags, are
useful for this purpose. It will be at least twenty-four
hours before the strained paper is sufficiently dry to draw
upon. If drawn on before it is thoroughly dry, the pencil
will make indentations in the soft paper.
COLOURS FOR PORTRAIT PAINTING.
The colours used in portrait painting may be arranged
under two classes, namely, those employed in painting flesh,
and those adapted for draperies only.