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CONCLUSION.
sometimes be found effectual. This consists in rubbing
the abraded surface with a piece of fine sand-paper, which
removes the roughness, and produces a pleasant surface to
work upon. The proper sand-paper is that which is num-
bered 0. It may perhaps be necessary to rub two pieces
of sand-paper together, before touching the painting with
them.
It is sometimes convenient where a small alteration is
to be made, instead of washing out the colours to be
altered, to lay on white, and on this, when dry, to make
the necessary alterations.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, the writer would impress upon the
learner, the importance of obtaining a thorough know-
ledge of the technical part of portrait painting, and of
the way in which the different tints are composed. This
skill can only be acquired by practice, that is to say, by
continual repetition; and the advancement will be more
certain, if the early stages of the process are mastered
before proceeding to the finish. Every one conversant
with art is aware how much is to be learned of methods
of painting from the unfinished pictures by the great
masters, which have been carefully preserved to our own
time. The student is recommended to prepare such
sometimes be found effectual. This consists in rubbing
the abraded surface with a piece of fine sand-paper, which
removes the roughness, and produces a pleasant surface to
work upon. The proper sand-paper is that which is num-
bered 0. It may perhaps be necessary to rub two pieces
of sand-paper together, before touching the painting with
them.
It is sometimes convenient where a small alteration is
to be made, instead of washing out the colours to be
altered, to lay on white, and on this, when dry, to make
the necessary alterations.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, the writer would impress upon the
learner, the importance of obtaining a thorough know-
ledge of the technical part of portrait painting, and of
the way in which the different tints are composed. This
skill can only be acquired by practice, that is to say, by
continual repetition; and the advancement will be more
certain, if the early stages of the process are mastered
before proceeding to the finish. Every one conversant
with art is aware how much is to be learned of methods
of painting from the unfinished pictures by the great
masters, which have been carefully preserved to our own
time. The student is recommended to prepare such