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ARRANGEMENT OF THE LIGHT.
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It will be useful, then, to ascertain how Vandyck treated
this colour when he was required to introduce it into
drapery. He placed linen next the skin, contrasted the
blue with warm browns, and generally introduced into
the same picture a red or amber-coloured curtain, and an
arm-chair, or another drapery of the third primitive colour;
and so he maintained an equilibrium of warm and cold
colours, harmonizing the whole with warm browns and
greys. He also frequently introduced a drab scarf on the
neck of his figures, probably with a view of giving value
to the flesh tints.
Rembrandt was fond of black draperies, which enabled
him to concentrate the light on the upper part of the
figures.
ARRANGEMENT OE THE LIGHT.
With regard to the arrangement of the light, the window
by which light is admitted into the studio of the painter
should be at least six feet from the ground, in order
to throw the shadows downwards.* A moveable shutter,
sliding up and down by a pully, can be easily affixed,
and will be found very convenient. The light should be
* The window of Sir Joshua's room was nine feet four inches
from the ground.
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It will be useful, then, to ascertain how Vandyck treated
this colour when he was required to introduce it into
drapery. He placed linen next the skin, contrasted the
blue with warm browns, and generally introduced into
the same picture a red or amber-coloured curtain, and an
arm-chair, or another drapery of the third primitive colour;
and so he maintained an equilibrium of warm and cold
colours, harmonizing the whole with warm browns and
greys. He also frequently introduced a drab scarf on the
neck of his figures, probably with a view of giving value
to the flesh tints.
Rembrandt was fond of black draperies, which enabled
him to concentrate the light on the upper part of the
figures.
ARRANGEMENT OE THE LIGHT.
With regard to the arrangement of the light, the window
by which light is admitted into the studio of the painter
should be at least six feet from the ground, in order
to throw the shadows downwards.* A moveable shutter,
sliding up and down by a pully, can be easily affixed,
and will be found very convenient. The light should be
* The window of Sir Joshua's room was nine feet four inches
from the ground.