Penley, Aaron: A System Of Water-Colour Painting: Being A Complete Exposition Of The Present Advanced State Of The Art, As Exhibited In The Works Of The Modern Water-Colour School (London, 1852)

THE ART

OF
WATER-COLOUR PAINTING.

INTRODUCTION.
The intention of this System of Water-Colour
Painting is to direct the student in this branch of Art,
by pointing out the means by which the several combina-
tions of colour are produced, as well as to explain all the
manipulative processes exhibited in the present advanced
state of Painting in Water Colours.
Assuming that a knowledge of the proper materials for
Water-Colour Painting has been obtained from other
sources,* and that the reader has made himself familiar
with the management of the pencil, so far as outline and
form are concerned,f we will, after a few words upon
“ finish/'’ and upon the principles and the necessary
requirements of Art generally, enter into the practical
details of this branch of Painting, going through its
several stages of progression, and endeavouring, at the
same time, to give some insight into the methods by
which certain effects are produced.

* See Rowbotham’s “Art of Painting in Water Colours.” Winsor and
Newton.
f See “ The Art of Sketching from Nature.” Winsor and Newton.